Trout, despite its relatively high cost, is loved by many for its tender, moderately fatty meat. There are many recipes for cooking salted trout, both simple and intricate. Salting trout at home can become your signature recipe, and the taste of slightly salted trout will surprise and delight.
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Instructions
Step 1
You need to choose fresh or frozen trout. Be sure to check the quality of the fish, for salting it should be as fresh as possible. Bigger fish will do better. Defrost fresh frozen fish. Clean the fish from scales, rinse well and dry with a napkin, gutting, remove the head, tail, fins. Remove the ridge by dividing the fish in two. Remove the rib bones. Do not rinse the fillet pieces; excess moisture can be removed again with a napkin. It is not necessary to remove the skin.
Step 2
Mix chopped dill with coarse salt and sugar. If you prefer a spicy flavor, you can add ground coriander, ground white, allspice, or black pepper. The amount of salt and sugar will depend on the amount of fish that you plan to salt, it is only important to observe the proportions: either one part of salt, one part of sugar, or a combination of "one to two". Keep in mind that you are cooking lightly salted trout. Some recipes for adding sugar do not involve, but with it, salted trout will taste softer.
Step 3
Rub the resulting pieces of fish fillet thoroughly with a mixture of salt, sugar and spices. Wrap the parchment over the trout, meat-to-meat fold. After placing the fish in a bowl, place it under a small load and leave at room temperature for 3-4 hours. After that, the fish can be refrigerated for two days. After 24 hours, turn the trout chunks over to soak the seasoning better, wrap them back in parchment and place back in the cold for another 24 hours.
Step 4
After two days, take out the fish, carefully peel it of dill and spices. No need to rinse! Lightly salted trout is ready to eat.
Step 5
Also, when salting trout, it is sometimes recommended to add olive or sunflower oil, but since the trout meat is quite fat, you can limit yourself to a mixture of salt and spices.
