Now the pike is marinated before baking, stuffed and garnished in different manners, but it still remains the central dish on the table, giving authenticity to any celebration. Below, we will analyze a few unusual recipes of pike baked in the oven.
Stuffed pike baked in the oven - recipe
Ingredients:
- pike - 1,7 kg;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- boiled carrots - 80 g;
- onion - 55 g;
- white bread - 40 g;
- milk - 95 ml;
- lard - 80 g;
- lemon juice - 45 ml;
- a pinch of ground white pepper;
- sour cream - 60 ml.
Preparation
Remove the scab from the scales, make a transverse incision along the gill bones and down all over the belly, and then pull the insides. The gills themselves must be removed, so as not to spoil the flavor of the dish. Rinse the pike cavity and gently cut the ridge along with the costal bones from the inside of the fish. Carefully separate the remaining pulp, taking care not to damage the skin. Pass the fish pulp through the meat grinder along with the crumb crumb and lard, soaked in milk. Add the resulting mixture of a couple of chopped chicken eggs, grated carrots and onions, sprinkle all the lemon, pepper and add a good pinch of salt. Fill the fish skin with the minced meat and sew it from the ventral side. Sprinkle the surface of the fish with lemon and send everything to bake for 50 minutes at 160 degrees. 10 minutes before the meal, grease the pike with sour cream so that the sauce has time to grasp with a ruddy crust.
How to bake a pike in an oven in foil?
Because of its simplicity, this recipe is ideal for those who first bake pike. Moreover, it contains a minimum of ingredients, and thanks to foil, beginners are guaranteed to bake juicy fish.
Ingredients:
- pike - 1.6 kg;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- olive oil - 40 ml;
- a mixture of spices for fish - 5 g.
Preparation
Start by preparing the pike: gut, clean the fish from the scales, remove the gills and rinse the carcass well. Mix the juice of half a lemon with a pinch of salt and a universal mixture of spices for fish. With the mixture, grate the pike outside and inside, thereby eliminating the odor and giving the pulp a terrific taste. The remaining lemon is cut in circles and put the pieces into the pike's abdomen. Put the fish on the center of the foil sheet, loosely wrap the edges so that the envelope does not burst during cooking, and bake everything at 200 degrees 20 minutes. Unfold the envelope and continue cooking for another 10 minutes, so that the peel has time to brown.
How to bake a pike with mayonnaise in the oven?
Along with sour cream, mayonnaise is often used in the preparation of pike, not only to make the fish juicier, but also for it to grasp an appetizing crust. It is enough to lubricate the surface of the carcass with sauce for 10 minutes before it is ready, and then with the help of mayonnaise you can additionally decorate the fish.
Ingredients:
- pike - 1.4 kg;
- mayonnaise - 90 g;
- onion - 110 g;
- lemon - ½ pcs .;
- Dried rosemary, thyme - 1 ½ tsp.
Preparation
Before tasty bake pike in the oven, it must be prepared and marinated. Fish are scraped away, gills are removed, giblets are gutted. After washing, the pike is poured with lemon juice, rubbed with salt, dried herbs and sent to the marinade refrigerator for 1 hour. After a while, the pan is covered with a sheet of foil and put on it rings of half chopped onions. The remaining onions are cut into half rings and fill the abdomen of the fish. Stuffed fish wrapped in foil and baked for half an hour at 180 degrees, after the envelope is opened, the fish is greased with mayonnaise and left for another 10 minutes for browning.