Gourmet fillet

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Various manufacturers in the food industry sell a frozen meal with fish under the name Schlemmerfilet . It is a mostly about 2-3 cm high, 11 cm wide and 15 cm long block of boneless fish, often fillets of Alaskan pollock , on which a 0.5 cm thick topping (with the variant "à la Bordelaise" for example from breadcrumbs, herbs, spices and fat). The fish block is made from blocks of frozen fish and usually consists of several pieces of fish. The product is usually delivered in an aluminum bowl that can also be used for preparation. Sometimes a cardboard bowl is also used, for example for products by Frosta , Iglo and Apetito .

Baked gourmet fillet

Differentiation from à la Bordelaise

The “Bordelaise” on the fish is not related to the bordelaise sauce or the classic French cuisine garnish “à la Bordelaise” which is also applicable to fish and which would require the use of Bonnefoy sauce . According to Iglo, the addition “Bordelaise” in the product name should “tie in” with French food culture.

preparation

Schlemmer fillets are prepared by mixing the aluminum or cardboard tray with the frozen food for about 40 minutes at about 200 ° C in the oven is heated. The coating should partially melt here. The melted part should combine with the fish juice to form a sauce, while the other part remaining on the fish should form an aromatic crust through the Maillard reaction .

History and aspects of consumer culture

The “Schlemmerfilet à la Bordelaise” has a special consumer culture meaning. In 1969 it was brought onto the market in Germany by Langnese-Iglo GmbH, which was part of the international Unilever group . This made the “Schlemmerfilet à la Bordelaise” one of the first so-called ready -made products in Germany . The product is still available today and continues to enjoy great popularity. In the years that followed, more “Schlemmerfilets” were created with toppings in various other flavors. The registration of the word mark “Schlemmerfilet à la Bordelaise” was rejected by the German Patent Office on January 1, 1986. In the meantime, many frozen food manufacturers are bringing out "Schlemmerfilets" and those "à la Bordelaise", but the type and preparation of the ingredients are still closely based on the Langnese-Iglo shape.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Comments from dealers and manufacturers on our inquiry on the subject of aluminum / aluminum packaging. (PDF; 244 KB) Südwestrundfunk , 2017, accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  2. ^ German Patent and Trademark Office: Trademark register, file number L28275