Sturgeon is the common name for about 26 species of fish of the sturgeon family. It includes: Siberian, Black Sea, Japanese, American Atlantic, Russian, Chinese, Amur, stellate sturgeon and so on. The family includes some common names, in particular, sterlet, kaluga and beluga. Sturgeons, primarily cartilaginous fish, they do not have vertebrae and are partially covered with bone plates called scutes. In cooking, they are of great value because of caviar, but the meat of this fish is very tasty. You can fry, cook, bake or smoke, for this, any sturgeon is suitable. The recipe for making stroganina (in Russia they said "stroganina") has been known for a long time. It is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. One of the main conditions for preparation is the choice of high-quality fish: after catch, it should be immediately frozen, thawed, and then it cannot be frozen again.
Recipe 1
If you take a ready-made fillet, then in about 10 minutes you can cook a fish called sturgeon. The recipe for sturgeon with capers, olives in tomato sauce is quite suitable for cooking a second dish. For 4 servings you will need:
- 500 g of sturgeon fillet is cut into 2 parts;
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic;
- ½ cup chopped onion;
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary;
- ¼ cup olives without brine and seeds;
- 3 tablespoons of tea capers;
- ¼ glasses of dry white wine;
- ½ or up to ¾ cup of fresh tomato sauce;
- 1 tablespoon olive oil.
Heat the pan over medium heat (if cold oil is poured onto the hot pan, the products do not stick during frying), add olive oil. When it warms up, lay the sturgeon fillets in the pan. Brown one side (brown for 2 minutes) until brown, then add the onion. Stir until it begins to become transparent. Add garlic and rosemary. Fry for 2 minutes until the garlic turns brown. Turn the filet over. Add olives and mix, put capers, also mix and fry for 2 minutes, then pour white wine. Increase heat and leave for several minutes to reduce the amount of fluid. Reduce heat to medium and add tomato sauce. Mix to combine all the ingredients and leave for several minutes. Turn over so that the fillet on both sides is covered with sauce. The fish is ready if it resists pressure. Freshly ground pepper can be added during cooking, but this dish should not be salted, as there is a lot of salt in olives and capers. Served with rice, pasta or couscous. A sprig of fresh rosemary is added to the side dish.
Recipe 2
Smoked sturgeon is very good in salads or snacks. Smoked sturgeon salad recipe with baked beets and original dressing will require an hour and a half to cook. For 6 servings of salad should prepare the products:
- 2 kg of fresh beets, washed (cut off the stems and a thin part of the root crop);
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil for roasting beets;
- 3 tablespoons chopped shallots;
- 3 tablespoons of tablespoons of red wine vinegar;
- 6 tablespoons of vodka;
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil for dressing;
- 2 tablespoons of honey;
- ½ teaspoon of tea salt;
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper;
- 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh dill;
- 500 g of smoked sturgeon without skin, cooking sturgeon is reduced to the fact that it is cut into slices of the size of a bite;
- 1 apple Granny Smith, core and cut into strips.
Preheat the oven to 200C. Beets in a bowl are greased with oil, put in a baking dish, put in the oven, baked until tender, about an hour. Take out, cool, clean and cut into slices a little thicker than 5 mm. In a bowl mix onions, red wine vinegar, vodka, olive oil, honey, salt, black pepper and fresh dill. Spread smoked sturgeon, apple, beetroot in a dressing and mix quickly. Served on a green dish.
Recipe 3
In a sauce with cilantro, a very tasty sturgeon is obtained. The recipe for baked sturgeon with the original sauce requires its preliminary marinating. Ingredients:
For fish:
- 1 kg of sturgeon fillet;
- 1 teaspoon of salt;
- 1 tablespoon olive oil;
- 2 tablespoons of spicy coriander seasoning.
For the sauce:
- 1 glass of coconut milk;
- 1 lime (juice);
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro leaves.
Portioned pieces of sturgeon fillet are rubbed with salt, put in a bowl and poured with water (so that the fish is covered), left for 10 minutes, then washed off with clean water, rubbed with olive oil and spicy coriander seasoning. Put in the refrigerator for marinating for 2 hours. Fish is fried on the grill for 5 minutes on both sides. Place in a baking dish and put in the oven, preheated to 200C for 15 minutes. At this time, prepare the sauce by mixing all the ingredients. When the fish is ready, it is poured with sauce and served. This sturgeon recipe can be used for a dinner party.