How to prepare a pike from a pike: two different options

Jellied pike can be prepared in many ways. Today we present to your attention two simple options, one of which requires the use of boiled fish, and the other - minced meat from it.

Details on how to prepare a pike

For such a simple, but very tasty dish, you need to purchase a small number of quite affordable products, namely:

• Quail eggs - 6 pcs .;
• Small fresh pike - 1 pc .;
• Gelatin instantly - 1.5 dessert spoons (per 1 liter of liquid);
• Laurel leaf - 1 pc .;
• Salt sea, pepper black peas - add to taste;
• Canned olives, carrots, arrows onions, green peas and the like - used at will to decorate dishes.

Preparation of products for pouring

Pour from the pike should be done in stages. First you need to clean fresh fish from the viscera, fins, head and tail, and then boil it in salty and peppered water for 20 minutes. Also in the broth you can put a laurel leaf and carrots, in order to use it as a decoration of the dish.

After the fish is soft, it needs to cool down as much as possible. While the pike is cooling, it is necessary to boil the quail eggs, clean them and cut them in half. In addition, it is necessary to dissolve the gelatin in warm water, beautifully chop the canned olives and boiled carrots. Further, the cooled pike is cut into thin and even steaks.

The process of forming a dish

After the main products have been prepared, you should combine the aromatic fish broth along with the gelatin and mix them thoroughly.

It is advisable to cook jellied pike in a large and not very deep dish. On its bottom it is required to lay out the steaks of fish beautifully, and also to place halves of quail eggs, green onions, boiled carrots, olives, peas and other ingredients that will make the dish more appetizing and attractive to the eyes. After that, all components must be poured with a fragrant broth so that the products are completely immersed in it. Further, the formed dish is recommended to be placed in the refrigerator for several hours, where it will completely solidify.

How to present the guests correctly?

The pike is served only in a chilled form. As a rule, it is decorated with a table in uncut form, along with salads and other snacks.

Pike stuffed with pouring: how to cook?

Cooking this dish is much more difficult than the previous one. After all, in this recipe, the fish fillet is not used entirely, but in the form of an aromatic mince.

So, to prepare such a jellied you will need:

• Pike fresh large intact - 1 pc .;
• Crumb bread white - 200 g;
• 2 large carrots;
• Chicken eggs are standard - 2 pcs .;
• Milk - 1/3 cup;
• Onion sharp - 2 heads;
• Fresh parsley and dill greens - 60 g;
• Salt, bay leaf, black pepper ground - add at personal discretion;
• Gelatin - 2 dessert spoons (per 1.5 liters of liquid).

The process of preparing stuffed fish

To make the stuffed pike stuffed, you should buy whole and fresh fish without any damage. It is necessary to wash it well, and then gently cut off the head and remove it with a stocking. After this, you need to clean the fillets of cartilage and adjacent bones. Next, the fish should be chopped into the gruel together with the onion head in a blender or meat grinder.

Also in minced meat, add white bread crumb, pre-soaked in milk, 1 grated fresh carrot, salt, raw chicken egg, ground black pepper, chopped fresh dill and parsley. After thoroughly mixing all the named ingredients, they should be carefully and densely placed in a previously prepared stocking of pike skin. To ensure that the filling does not come out during the heat treatment, it is recommended that the holes in the sheath be well bandaged or sewn with threads.

Cooking fish

After the pike is stuffed, it needs to be placed in a large saucepan and poured with cold water so that it covers the carcass by 2-3 centimeters. Also in the broth it is recommended to throw onions and carrots, salt and pepper. After boiling, pike should be cooked for about half an hour. At the end of this time, the fish should be carefully extracted and cooled. In the meantime, you need to prepare a broth for pouring, mixing it with gelatin, and boil hard-boiled eggs and cut them nicely together with boiled carrots.

The process of forming a dish

Filled pike stuffed is formed in exactly the same way as in the previous recipe. To do this, the cooled fish should be cut into pieces to a thickness of 2 centimeters, and then nicely laid out in a bowl along with eggs, greens, boiled carrots and other ingredients. Then the products should be filled with broth and put in a refrigerator for 5-6 hours. It is worth mentioning that such a dish turns out not only very tasty, hearty and fragrant, but also surprisingly beautiful. In this regard, it can be boldly prepared for any festive table.