Perch with Mayo

Description
In Romanian: Salau cu maioneza

Ingredients

 * 2 lbs / 1 kg perch
 * soup vegetables (carrots, parsnips, parsley roots)
 * 3 – 4 juniper berries
 * 1 bay leaf
 * 1 onion
 * salt
 * lettuce

Directions

 * 1) Clean, wash, salt the perch and let it sit for 10 – 15 minutes.
 * 2) In the meantime, set the vegetables to boil with 1 qt / 1 l of water, some salt, pepper and bay leaf.
 * 3) Let boil until the vegetables are tender.
 * 4) Then remove from heat, add the quartered potatoes and let boil for a few minutes.
 * 5) Then add the perch pieces.
 * 6) Let it cool off in the liquid it boiled in.
 * 7) Then remove carefully and set on a platter.
 * 8) Split it lengthwise, remove the backbone and all other bones.
 * 9) Do this carefully so that the maintains its shape.
 * 10) Place one half over the other, cut into pieces and cover with mayo.
 * 11) Garnish the edges of the platter with finely chopped lettuce.
 * 12) Every here and there make mounds of finely chopped carrot (carrot that boiled with the perch).
 * 13) Place an olive on top of each mound.