"#002 MUST-TRY WEIRDEST FOOD IN THE WORLD" - Recipe and Cooking method

HAKARL or as it is known to be a 'ROTTEN SHARK' is the National dish of Iceland. HAKARL consists of a Greenland shark or other sleeper shark.

You do not have to look far so much for it, as it is readily available in every Icelandic stores.

HAKARL is prepared from shark meat which has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months. At the end of the process, it has some choking smell but tastes so good.

Sounds disgusting? Yes, but you will want to eat more after the first chew.

If you are eating hakarl for the first time, it is advisable to block your nose from the choking smell.

RECIPE AND COOKING METHOD

RECIPE

• One large Shark

COOKING METHOD

• Take one large Shark, gut and discard the fins,tail, innards, the cartilage and the head.
• Cut flesh into large pieces. Wash in running water to get all alone and blood off.
• Dig a large hike in a coarse gravel, preferably down by the sea; put in the shark pieces, cover with gravel and press them well together with rocks then leave for 6 weeks to 3 months.

• When shark is soft and smells like ammonia, remove from the gravel, wash and hang in a drying shack.
• Leave it for a period of about 2-4 months till it is firm and fairly dry.
• Slice off the brown crust, cut the whitish flesh into small pieces.
• Then you are ready to eat and enjoy!

Note: The modern curing method relies on putting it into a large container with a drainage hole and letting it cure as it does when buried in coarse gravel.

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