How to salt capelin at home: recipes checked in the kitchen

Capelin is a small fish, but very tasty and healthy. Omega acids, fish oil, phosphorus, and many other minerals important for health are contained in its composition. Salty capelin can be a good snack and an independent second course. To cook this delicacy on your own even by a novice cook. How to salt capelin at home? The answer to this question lies in the recipes tested by experienced chefs.

What are the benefits of homemade salted capelin?

The main advantage of home-made salting of fish is the fact that you buy capelin yourself and you can control its quality. During the preparation of this treat, you use the spices that your family loves. In addition, for home cooking you buy fresh or frozen fish, which is much cheaper than the cost of prepared salted fish.

1. Capelin dry salted.
   Wash 1 kg of fish under running water, dry on a towel. Grate spices in a mortar: bay leaf - 3 pcs., Cloves - 3 pcs., Coriander - 1 small spoon (the number of spices can be changed at your discretion). Mix all spices with 3 tablespoons of salt. Stuff capelin in a small vessel, pouring with a mixture of spices and salt. Cover the container with a dry cloth, put a board on top, and put oppression on it (a bottle of water, a kettlebell). Transfer the vessels to the refrigerator. After 12 hours, you can try the fish.
2. How to salt capelin at home in brine? From 2.5 liters of boiled water, 2 tablespoons of rock salt and 1 small spoon of sugar, prepare the marinade. Add spices to your taste: allspice, bay leaf, cloves. Boil the brine and cool. Put capelin in a dish, pour it with marinade and leave it in the refrigerator for 48 hours. After this time, it is advisable to drain the marinade so that the fish does not become very salty.

Guests are about to rush in to you, and you think how to treat them. Lightly salted fish is a great appetizer. How to salt capelin quickly? Read and memorize the recipe.

Grind your favorite spices in a mortar, mix them with salt and sugar (1 large spoon with a mountain). Put fish in the pan, pour with a mixture of salt, spices and sugar, cover with a towel and put under oppression in a cold place. You can eat capelin the next morning, after rinsing it in running water. Well, if you leave the fish salted for a day or two, then it will become even tastier and more aromatic.

Spicy Capelin: Gourmet Recipe

For lovers of aromatic snacks we offer a recipe that describes how to salt pickled capelin spiced salting.

Prepare a brine of salt (140 g), sugar (1 small spoon), allspice (2 large tablespoons), chopped nutmeg (1 small spoon), cloves (half a small spoon) and 0.5 liters of boiled cooled water. Put fish (1 kg) in a deep pan, pour it with marinade. Leave capelin salted at a temperature not exceeding + 5 ° C for 72 hours. You can store capelin spicy salting for up to 10 days.

Now you know how to salt capelin at home and you can cook a tasty and high-quality product yourself. Such a fish will be a worthy decoration and a good snack for both everyday and holiday table.