Sterlet - the queen of the Russian table
Dishes from sterlet have always been popular in Ancient Russia. They decorated the royal tables and were considered honorable at all holidays. And this is understandable. After all, the sterlet, a representative of the sturgeon family, contains many useful properties that have a beneficial effect on human health. In addition, if it is beautiful to decorate a properly cooked dish, then it will become a real decoration of the festive table.
Useful properties of sterlet
Like many other red fish, sterlet in large quantities contains Omega 6 and Omega 3 fatty acids. The substance Omega 3 will keep your joints in good shape, protect your body cells from aging, and increase the level of serotonin, which is responsible for good mood. This is why Omega 3 helps fight depression. In addition, these acids help lower cholesterol and improve the intracellular metabolic process.
The use of sterlet in cooking
Eat red fish at least once a week.
This will not only reduce the risk of heart attack and arrhythmia, but also fill your body with useful substances. For example, such as: fluorine, zinc, chromium, molybdenum, chlorine, nickel, and of course PP vitamins.
You can recognize this fish by its thin and long nose, which protrudes strongly forward.
However, remember that buying any fish is necessary only if it is of good quality, and all its specific requirements and rules were observed during its storage.
Today, sterlet is widely used for the preparation of many fish dishes, while you can use both the whole part and the fish fillet . Sterlet baked in the oven will preserve all the vitamins, useful properties and give you true pleasure when using this dish.
But how to cook sterlet baked in the oven? The answer is simple. We bring to your attention a few simple recipes.
Oven baked sterlet with cheese and potatoes .
To prepare the dish you will need to purchase: sterlet - 500 grams, 1 kilogram of potatoes, 5 tomatoes, 100 grams of any hard cheese, a bunch of parsley, a bunch of dill, as well as salt and pepper.
Cooking:
1. Wash the sterlet, remove all the entrails and fins and rinse the fish again. Cut the abdomen of the fish along and use a needle to remove all the films. Next, remove the gills by chopping the fish's head from the bottom. Then cut them off.
2. Carefully remove all cartilage from the ridge, rinse the fish and rub it with salt and pepper on the outside and inside.
3. Wash the necessary vegetables, peel the potatoes and cut them into small cubes. Cut the washed rings into rings. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and melt the butter.
4. Place a carcass of fish greased with melted butter on a baking sheet, sprinkle breadcrumbs on top.
5. Arrange potato mugs around the fish, and tomato rings on top. Place the baking sheet in the oven and let your dish bake for 40 minutes. The temperature of cooking in the oven should be 180 degrees. When 5 minutes are left until the end of cooking, sprinkle the sterlet with grated cheese, and garnish the potatoes with tomatoes with finely chopped greens.
6. Sterlet baked in the oven is placed on a dish at the end of cooking; then place tomatoes with potatoes and greens around the fish. On the edges of the dish you can decorate with lemon slices.
Sterlet fillet with vegetables and cream sauce .
Ingredients: sterlet fillet, plum wine, shrimp, lemon, onions, carrots, celery, lettuce, olives and cream sauce.
The recipe is simple: prepare equal portions of sterlet fillet, which must first be baked with cream sauce, and serve the fish with a passivated vegetable mixture, boiled shrimps, sauce, leaf lettuce. If you decorate the dish with lemon mugs, olives and chopped herbs, then it will become a real decoration of your table.
Remember, the presence of fish dishes is necessary for the human diet. The sterlet baked in the oven will retain all the beneficial properties and enrich your body with useful substances. In addition, the cooked sterlet in the oven will appeal to your children, and you will cook this dish not only on holidays.