How to clean the zander? Several ways to facilitate the procedure

Today, according to sociologists, one of the most popular hobby of Russians is fishing as a good way to qualitatively relax from the city's bustle, and at the same time to catch the desired fishing trophy (well, that before the fellow fishermen could then boast). But if almost all men like to fish, then not everyone can boast of the ability to clean it in the right way. Some "delegate" this process to their home: wives, mothers, daughters. Like, I brought prey, and to cook it is already your, women's business. Thus, the hostesses may be in shock: how to clean the pike perch, perch or other fish, spending at least a minimum of effort, because some species have scales that are difficult to cut? And it's still gently said!

Folk methods

How to clean fish from scales? It's no secret that aquatic inhabitants can not be cleaned properly, especially river or lake suffer this nuance. Scales disgustingly separated from the carcass, it is used to fly around the entire kitchen space, and the fish itself tend to tender feminine hands. We offer you some practical advice on how to clean fish from scales. All of them can be successfully applied in practice in relation to various types of fish - river and sea. It will also be described in detail how to clean the pike perch on fillets (or other fish that has small and hard to access scales). We hope that these recommendations will help the housewives to save their strength and nerves.

A few tips

1. Before the cleaning process, we cut off all available fins, except the tail (you can easily make kitchen scissors). This preparatory procedure will help us not to get injured during cleaning, as the fins (especially the dorsal) in some cold-blooded can be quite sharp.
2. We gut the fish and separate the head from the carcass only after the cleaning process. The exception is unless the water inhabitants, who are already sold without a head in a supermarket or in the market.

Cleaning under a stream of water

A fish that has a weakly scaling, for example the same roach, is cleaned well, but there is one problem: scales scatter during the process. There were cases that a couple of months after the kitchen works were done, the captious mistress noticed a tiny adhering element almost on the ceiling during the cleaning. To avoid this, it is enough to collect enough water in the basin or the sink, or to make the process under the current trickle, which will immediately wash the peeled off. A wet scales will not scatter throughout the kitchen.

Grater is our everything!

How to clean the pike perch or perch, which traditionally have small and strong scales? There is one good method: we take an iron four-sided grater (this is more convenient to hold it in hand). Technically, three graters fish from the tail to the head. It is noticed, that thus scales descend better and practically do not scatter.

Boil with boiling water

How to clean pike perch, pike, perch in another way? Professionals advise to boil them with steep boiling water. To do this, bring enough water to a boil and put the fish in a saucepan. The time of water procedures will depend on the species and freshness of the aquatic inhabitant and can vary from 30 seconds to several minutes. We take out the boiled fish, we cool it a bit, we remove the scales under running water: it should separate with ease. When using this method, the main rule is not to overexpose, otherwise the scales are removed together with the skin of the pike perch.

Salt before cleaning

How to clean pike perch, pike, perch? Experienced fishermen say that you can salt this kind of fish well, for example, in the evening, leaving in a cool place. And in the morning it's time to start cleaning directly. The salted pike perch is a little easier to clean.

Freezing

The easiest way is to clean the fish with fine scales if it is frozen beforehand. We put carcasses in the freezer for several hours, then take out an hour before the scheduled time for cleaning, put, for example, in the sink. Cleaned much easier and faster - tested by experience.

How to clean a zander with a knife?

Well, firstly, there is a special knife for cleaning fish with small scales. You can buy it on the market or in a supermarket and use it. But if there was not one in the kitchen arsenal, do not be discouraged. Take not too long and sharp knife and make methodical movements from the tail to the head. In this case, to be faithful, one should take hands by the head and the tail and how to pull in different directions. In this case, a characteristic light crunch will be heard. Of course, this method will work if the fish is not too huge. But this way a pike perch or perch will be cleaned with an ordinary knife much easier.

On fillets

How to peel the pike perch on fillets? For this, there is no need to get rid of scales, having spent on it forces and patience. We proceed as follows:

1. Optimally sharp sharpen a long narrow device (it is called a "knife for fillets").
2. Cut off all the fins.
3. We cut off the head from the carcass. Vparivayem belly from the tail along. We clean the insides and remove the film. This process with a certain skill takes no more than 5 seconds.
4. Along the back of the pike perch we make a deep cut (up to the ridge).
5. Cut the meat from the ridge, move on from the tail.
6. We turn the carcass to the other side, repeating the same movements. We must have two large pieces of fillets lying on the skin with untreated scales, plus a ridge with a tail.
7. Each of the fillet pieces is placed on a plate for cutting the scales downwards.
8. We keep the knife parallel to the table, cut the flesh from the skin of the pike-perch. We repeat the same thing with the other half.
9. The result: two pieces without bone, from which you can already cook a lot of delicious and healthy dishes.

Fillet of pikeperch: cooking recipes

Of course, they are known to any hostess. Well, first, these pieces can be dipped in a batter, deep-fried. Fast, tasty, useful. Secondly, the cutlets from this ingredient are very tasty. Thirdly, you can make an excellent casserole from potatoes, fillets and sour cream cheese sauce. Yes, in fact, there are about a hundred dishes from a fillet of pike perch. Recipes are not too complicated, so it's worth a try. The main thing is to learn how to clean!