How to cook carp and preserve all its useful properties? The question is not easy, but there is a solution! It is enough to bake it correctly . How to bake carp should be known to every housewife, because this dish can decorate any holiday table or just become a useful dinner for the whole family. I propose to consider a couple of recipes. How to cook carp in the oven?
Recipe 1
We will need:
- one whole carp;
- two lemons;
- can of olives;
- olive oil;
- fresh marjoram and basil;
- salt pepper.
This recipe is typical for Mediterranean cuisine with its love for everything fresh and natural. First you need to thoroughly rinse the carp, clean it of scales, gut it, rinse it again and blot it with a paper towel so that there is no excess moisture. Before baking carp, it must be marinated. To do this, in a deep bowl, mix olive oil, the juice of two lemons, finely chopped marjoram and basil. Add salt and pepper to taste. Lower the carp into the marinade and leave the dish in the refrigerator for three hours. After that, preheat the oven to 200 degrees. We stuff the marinated carp with olives and wrap it in foil, but not too tightly, but so that a little air remains inside. Bake carp for 40-45 minutes and serve immediately from the oven. The best side dish for such a carp will be jacket potatoes or coarse wheat pasta, as well as a salad of fresh vegetables with olive oil and feta cheese. Get a great dinner in the style of Mediterranean cuisine!
Recipe 2
For this recipe we will need:
- one whole carp;
- one lemon;
- a bunch of parsley and dill;
- two cloves of garlic;
- vegetable oil;
- a jar of sour cream 200 gr;
- one carrot;
- one onion;
- salt and pepper.
This recipe is more familiar for our middle latitudes, but differs in an unusual taste combination, and therefore it will definitely appeal to housewives who like to experiment in the kitchen. In this case, bake the carp in the sleeve, and pickle again before starting. For marinade, mix vegetable oil, squeezed garlic, finely chopped greens, juice of one lemon, salt and pepper, add to taste. We leave the carp in this marinade for four hours in the refrigerator. Now we will prepare an unusual vegetable sauce for fish. To do this, finely chop the onion, fry it until golden in a small amount of oil. On a coarse grater, grate the carrots and add to the browned onion. And then we add 200 grams of sour cream to vegetables, after which we leave it to simmer for no more than 5 minutes. Put the pickled carp in the baking sleeve, pour the sour cream sauce there, tightly tie the sleeve and shake its contents several times. Carp should be baked at 200 degrees for about half an hour. The best side dish for such an appetizing dish is rice or buckwheat porridge. Enjoy your meal!
And finally, I want to give some useful tips:
- When choosing a carp, pay special attention to the gills (they should be bright red) and the eyes of the fish, which cannot be cloudy or whitened. It is also important that the scales are smooth and without mucus.
- If you are preparing carp for a child, then separate all the bones in advance, because the baby can easily choke.
- Never serve river fish half-baked, as in it, unlike sea fish, there may be parasites.