You can stuff pike with any products, but the tastiest thing is this fish is obtained with vegetables. It is also worth noting that this product is designed very beautifully and originally. That is why such an unusual lunch is most often made for a festive table.
How to Stuff Pike with Vegetables
Essential Ingredients:
- fresh greens in the form of dill and parsley - half a bunch;
- ripe lemon - 1 whole fruit;
- fresh big pike - 1 pc.;
- mayonnaise - 50 gr. (for decorating dishes) ;
- fresh large carrots - 2 pcs.;
- red pepper - a pair of pinch;
- olive oil - 40 ml .;
- large onions - 2 pcs.;
- lettuce - a few pieces for decoration;
- iodized salt - 2/3 of a dessert spoon;
- fresh tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables - for garnish.
Fish processing
Before stuffing pike, you should purchase fresh fish, which must be cleaned of fins, scales and all entrails. At the same time, it is recommended to leave the head and tail, because only in this way can the dish be nicely decorated by placing the product on a large flat plate. After the pike is processed, it should be well coated with salt and left aside for 10-16 minutes. During this time, the remaining ingredients can be processed quickly.
Vegetable preparation process
Stuffing pike should not be a large number of vegetables, because they are necessary only to give the dish a taste and aroma. It is required to take 2 large fresh carrots and as many sharp large bulbs. These products must be rinsed, then peeled and cut into thin rings and circles. Similarly, one ripe lemon should be processed. In addition, you need to wash all cooked greens, tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers.
Fish stuffing process
After all the products have been prepared, you need to take a pike, place it on a cutting board and open the belly as wide as possible. There you should put fresh carrots, cut into thin circles, and onion rings. Then the vegetables need to be slightly flavored with iodized salt and red pepper. Next, onions need to put slices of fresh lemon. If one whole fruit is too much, then you can just squeeze the juice out of it and coat it with the surface of the fish along with olive oil. The stuffed abdomen should be covered and pinched with toothpicks.
Stuffed baked pike in the oven: heat treatment
Ready fish must be carefully placed on the foil, and then tightly covered and sent to the oven. Such a dish should be baked for at least 40 minutes. After that, the pike should be taken out, turned around and put on a dish so that it retains its integral shape.
Correct serving to the festive table
Stuffed pike, a recipe with a photo of which are discussed above, is served for dinner only in a hot state. The fish itself must be placed on a large flat plate, which should be covered in advance with green lettuce and garnish with sprigs of parsley and dill. From above, it is recommended to cover the pike with a thin stream of mayonnaise, and also place the sliced fresh vegetables and lemon slices next to it.