In Russia, from time immemorial, sturgeon was always present at the feasts of princes and tsars. This dish not only serves as a table decoration, but also very tasty and extremely healthy. Sturgeon is both boiled and fried. Baked sturgeon is also very tasty.
It is necessary
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- sturgeon;
- cream 20%;
- sour cream 20%;
- salt
- pepper;
- champignons or other mushrooms.
Instructions
Step 1
Choose your fish very carefully when purchasing to keep it fresh. Pre-calculate how many guests you will have, based on this, take the right amount of fish.
Step 2
Ask for the fish to be chopped into the desired pieces right in the store. It will be difficult for you to do this at home, especially if the sturgeon is very large. Pre-chopped fish are much easier to handle. But control the evisceration process in the store, as the fish may contain caviar so that you can get it.
Step 3
When you come home, wash each piece thoroughly and skin it off. The procedure must be performed with a sharp knife. Leave the skin and fins on the tail and head, this will serve as a kind of decoration for the ready-made dish. Rinse the head especially thoroughly and remove the gills from it.
Step 4
Prepare a baking dish. This may be a not too flat baking sheet, a large frying pan, or a goose pan. The form should be smeared with vegetable oil. Heat the oven to 180 degrees.
Step 5
Salt and pepper pieces of sturgeon to your taste. This fish has its own special taste, so it does not require any additional spices. Place them in the prepared form. Do not forget about the tail and head - place them on the baking sheet too. To spice up the fish, drizzle a little cognac over the slices.
Step 6
Prepare the sauce. Take 20 percent cream and 20 percent sour cream and mix them in a three to one ratio.
Step 7
Pour the sturgeon pieces into the mold with the prepared sauce and place in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes.
Step 8
Prepare a side dish. Stew champignons or other mushrooms.
Step 9
Once the fish is cooked, take it out of the oven and place it on a platter. You can beautifully arrange it on lettuce leaves in the form of a whole fish.
