Carp is a freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family, of the Cyprinidae order. It has delicate meat with a slightly sweet, rather rich taste, so it is not easy to kill or change by adding spices and other products. However, despite such features of the mentioned fish, it is easy to bake carp in the oven. To do this, it is not necessary to be a chef and have special culinary abilities. The dish, as a rule, turns out to be very appetizing, juicy and aromatic. So, here are some interesting recipes.
In order to bake carp in the oven, we need fresh fish and sauce. To prepare the latter, prepare onions (5 pcs.), 6-7 medium-ripened red tomatoes, parsley and celery, a little flour and your favorite spices. For frying, you need refined vegetable oil.
Baked carp in the oven. Recipe number 1
Sazana (weighing about one kilogram) must be cleaned of scales, gutted and thoroughly washed under running water. Cut the carcass into portions, salt and leave for 15-20 minutes.
In the meantime, prepare the
fish sauce. Cut the onion into thin half rings, pour into a pan with warmed vegetable oil (0.5 cups) and fry until lightly browned. Then add a tablespoon of flour. We pass everything on low heat for a couple of minutes. Grate 3-4 medium tomatoes and add mashed potatoes to the pan. Stew for about 5 minutes, after which we pour hot water so that our sauce turns out to be of moderate density. Now the contents of the pan should be salt and pepper to taste, season with bay leaf and other spices (you can use ready-made
spices for fish), mix and pour into a baking dish or in a deep pan. Spread the fish on top, between the pieces of pulp - red tomatoes cut into thin circles. We spray everything with vegetable oil, olive or sunflower (6 tbsp. L. Is enough). After that, it remains only to bake the carp in the oven, which will take about half an hour at a temperature of 180 ° C. Cool the finished dish and only then serve it.
And you can bake the whole carp in the oven. It will take more time, but it looks just delicious.
So, option number 2. Large carp, baked in the oven
A photo of such a beautiful dish invariably causes appetite, therefore it is not shameful to submit it to the festive table. Well, to prepare such a fish is easy. We clean the carp (weighing about 1-1.5 kg), remove the insides and wash the carcass under a stream of cold water. Over the entire length of the fish we make not too deep transverse cuts (from the back to the abdomen). Salt and stand for 15-20 minutes. After that, we stuff the carp with finely chopped celery, parsley, season with spices (to taste) and grease with sunflower or olive oil. Then we wrap the fish in oiled parchment (or foil) and put it on a baking sheet. We set the timer for 50 minutes, the temperature is 180 degrees.
While the fish is baking, make a sauce. It is necessary to fry the flour in a pan (about two tablespoons) with five tablespoons of vegetable oil (olive can be). Grate 4 medium tomatoes, then add them to the pan, pepper, salt to taste. Dilute the mass with milk to the desired consistency and simmer over medium heat for 5-10 minutes. Then add finely chopped parsley and remove from heat.
Put the finished fish on a dish and fill it with hot sauce. You can also serve gravy separately, in which case it is recommended to sprinkle the carp with freshly squeezed lemon juice.