Species sheet · The Edible Ocean
Tusk
Same rock for years, and perfectly content about it.
- Steaks baked with potatoes
- Salted then soaked, cod-style
- In a thick northern soup
- In French
- Brosme
- Scientific name
- Brosme brosme
- In the water
- Rocky bottoms of the North Atlantic, from 20 to 1,000 metres, usually alone.
- Season & buying
- January to May, the best season in Norway.
- Common length
- ~55 cm
- How to identify it
- Thick, rounded body
A single dorsal fin joining the tail
One clearly visible barbel
On the plate
White, firm flesh, denser than cod.
Avoid: Mistaking it for ling: its flesh is far more compact.
Norway dries it like cod, producing a tusk klippfisk exported as far as Brazil.
In Umay recipes
One Umay recipe calls for it.
