Pink salmon is one of the most common valuable commercial salmonids. Cooking this wonderful fish can be in various ways, but it is especially tasty pink salted and pickled. Preparation of marinades is an interesting matter, there is room for your culinary fantasy. The main thing is to understand the general principle: in the process of marinating the main product changes its taste, aroma and partially structure under the influence of active marinating agents.
The way to prepare marinated pink salmon at home is simple. The fish is gutted, removes the gills and cleansed of scales, washed and placed in a container with a marinade for at least 1 day, or better for the 2 nd (the head is still better to remove). We select the ingredients of marinade, focusing on the characteristic pinkish color of the flesh of pink salmon, so we will do without black pepper - we replace it with hot red pepper.
We will not use the onions - it tells the marinated products a characteristic harsh and not too pleasant shade of taste. It is better to add garlic in the pickle.
Recipe of pink salmon marinated in natural vinegar with lemon and wine
Ingredients:
- pink salmon - a fish weighing about 1-1.5 kg;
- vinegar, natural fruit (for example, wine light) - 30 ml;
- vermouth white or pink - 50-100 ml;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- garlic - 2-3 pcs .;
- red hot pepper;
- seeds of cumin, fennel, coriander, anise (a little);
- cloves - 2-3 inflorescences;
- fresh fresh herbs (parsley, basil, dill, coriander, rosemary);
- berries of juniper and barberry;
- green leafy green tea - 1 tsp;
- sugar - 1-2 tsp.
- salt - 1-1.5 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Marinating is best in an enameled container without flaws or glassware.
The cleaned carcass of pink salmon (better without head) is cut across into several pieces. If you mend the fish and pickle the pieces without a ridge, you can reduce the amount of salt and shorten the marinating time to 1-2 hours.
Garlic and herbs are cut with a knife not too finely. Add dry spices and dry tea. Berries of juniper and barberry are crushed (dried berries soak).
Mix the vinegar with vermouth and dissolve salt and sugar. We cut the lemon slices, remove the bones. All the ingredients are mixed and poured with this marinade pieces of pink salmon in the container. Mix and cover. We put it in the refrigerator (but not in the freezer). In the process of marinating we mix several times.
Before serving, you can pour marinated pink salad with vegetable oil without a smell, sprinkle with lemon juice and decorate with fresh greens. In the same way you can marinate trout. Pickled pink salmon is excellent for making hot sandwiches .
You can serve marinated pink salmon with onions in olive oil. Beforehand, cut the onion into rings and lightly marinate it with lemon juice and olive oil for 10-20 minutes. Onion is best to choose red, white salad or leeks. Pickled pink salmon can be served with vodka, gin, vermouth, light grape wines, rice shaoxing wine, sake, mirin, fruit wines, home-made beer .