Pickled capelin

Such a species of miniature marine fish, belonging to the Corbschkov family, as capelin or Mallotus villosus has always been in demand and popular with the inhabitants of our latitudes. As noted above, capelin is a small fish in size, which, as a rule, does not exceed in length and 25 cm. In turn, the weight of the average capelin is about 65 grams. Capelin lives in the waters of the Atlantic as well as the Pacific Oceans.

In addition, fish can be found in the Barents and Norwegian seas. Researchers identify two main capelin species: Mallotus villosos villosus Müller, as well as Mallotus villosus catervarius Pennatt or Pacific capelin. Capelin is one of the most important commercial fish, the natural resources of which are currently large enough to conduct active fish extraction.

Usually, the capelin goes on sale already in its culinary form. However, fresh or frozen capelin is also in demand. Salted, canned, as well as pickled capelin are especially popular. It is worth noting that real connoisseurs of fish cuisine consider pickled capelin to be really tasty, and besides, a useful dish that can be purchased both ready-made in domestic grocery stores and easy to cook at home.

As a rule, pickled capelin acts as a self-contained snack, which is usually served with beer. Culinary professionals claim that pickled capelin will taste like the fact that it loves the sprat of spiced salt. The thing is that the taste, and besides, the consumer characteristics of pickled capelin are similar to the sprats of spiced saline.

So, at the initial stage of making pickled capelin, you need to carefully clean the fish from the insides, as well as the head. For marinade, you need to boil water, and then add salt, as well as vinegar, sugar, spices and spices to taste. Usually black or allspice peas are used to make pickled capelin, as well as bay leaves and cloves.

Fish is laid out in dishes, onions cut with rings are placed on top, and then the capelin is poured with marinade. Before eating fish, pickled capelin should be kept for at least 10 hours. it is best to place the pickled capelin in the refrigerator, so the cooking process will go much faster. Pickled capelin can serve as a snack or compound ingredient in the process of making sandwiches or canapes with black as well as Borodino bread.