Pickled Fish Salad With Sour Cream Dressing

Course :	Fish
From:	HungryMonster.com
Serves:	6

Ingredients:

2	pounds	weakfish or spotted sea trout fillets -- fresh or frozen
2	teaspoons	salt
2	slices	lemon -- thin slice
2	slices	onion -- {thin} separated
1/3	cup	vinegar
1/2	cup	water
1	tablespoon	mixed pickling spice
1	teaspoon	sugar -- optional
1	piece	bay leaf
1	medium	lettuce or watercress
		---SOUR CREAM DRESSING---
1/2	cup	dairy sour cream
2	tablespoons	ripe olives -- chopped
1	tablespoon	fresh lemon juice
1/2	teaspoon	horseradish
1/4	teaspoon	salt

Preparation:

1. Thaw fillets if frozen. Skin if necessary and cut into serving portions. 2. Place fish in shallow 2-quart baking dish; sprinkle with salt. 3. Arrange lemon and onion over fish. 4. Combine vinegar, water, pickling spice, sugar and bay leaf; pour over fish. 5. Cover and bake in preheated 350 oven for 15 minutes. 6. Remove from oven; cool fish in marinade, then chill in refrigerator several hours. 7. Drain marinade, and serve fish on bed of lettuce or watercress; top with Sour Cream Dressing. Sour Cream Dressing: Combine all ingredients; chill well before serving with fish.