One of the most popular fish in Russia has always been considered pike. It is prepared in many ways. Today every mistress and every avid fisherman has his own recipe. The culinary value of fish is difficult to overestimate. From it you can cook a lot of delicious dishes, if you know some cooking secrets. This is a rich ear, tender cutlets, mouth-watering paste and, of course, fragrant heads. Almost every part of this fish is used to make amazing dishes.
Pike heads
Pike heads with garlic, the recipe of which will be presented below, is a dish of Russian cuisine. It should be noted that it has a long history. Its roots can be found even during the time of the royal feasts, where pike heads with garlic were one of the main dishes. The recipe to date, of course, has undergone some changes. But they cannot be called cardinal.
Many remember the legendary creation of Leonid Gaidai, where the main character with pleasure lists dishes from the royal table and mentions pike heads with garlic. So why not cook this unusual dish.
Classic
For cooking, you will need the most standard set of products. These are 8 heads of pike, one medium onion, two small carrots, parsley root, spices, potatoes and a head of garlic. Let's start with preparing the fish. At the head we remove the gills and eyes. After this, carefully scald them with boiling water. Then we wash them and fill them with cold water. This procedure must be carried out in order to get rid of the smell of mud. Only then pike heads with garlic, the recipe of which you will surely like, will be truly fragrant. We put the pan with the heads on the fire. Add spices and salt, chopped carrots and chopped onions to it. Also put the parsley root.
Cook pike heads until cooked. Then remove the pan from the heat and add finely chopped garlic to it. We cover the container with a lid and leave it for a few minutes (5-7). During this time, the dish should be infused, and pike heads with garlic, the recipe of which, as you see, is very simple, will get the very zest for which gourmets love them.
Beautiful serving
It is important not only to cook a product deliciously. It is also necessary to beautifully serve the dish so that just looking at it would cause appetite. Still, pike heads with garlic (the recipe for a photo you can see in this article) is a treat from the royal table. We get them neatly from the pan and put them on the dish. Stack potatoes in random order. Saturated and aromatic broth water the head and side dish. Before serving, the dish can be decorated with greens.
Pike heads in the oven
In the oven you can cook an even more mouth-watering dish from this part of the fish. For cooking, take 5 heads of pike, a glass of walnuts (peeled), 5-6 peeled cloves of garlic, two heads of onions, a glass of water slightly diluted with vinegar, spices, salt and bay leaf. We wash the heads and remove the gills and eyes. Then scald them with boiling water and rub with a mixture of salt, spices and garlic. We spread the heads on a baking sheet covered with foil. Add to them the onion, cut into pieces. We close the foil so that there are no holes left. Cooking pike heads with garlic. A recipe in the oven will surely find its fans. The dish is cooked for about 30-40 minutes.
At the end of cooking, you can open the foil and let the heads brown. Potatoes or boiled rice can be served as a side dish; stewed or fresh vegetables and greens will also be appropriate. And remember that the
beautiful presentation of this dish is also very important. Fans of fish delicacies will appreciate pike heads cooked in different versions. With this dish you can please yourself even while fishing, and then it will acquire a pungent smell of haze.