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Karpes it zilas vārīt

Blue carp with horseradish vinegar

  • Serves 4
  • about 40 minutes
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1796Karpes it sillas wahriht.

Modernizētslpp. 151 · PDF 165
4 porcijas

The book gives no quantities; the amounts below are ours.

Method

5 soļi
  1. Handle the carp as little as possible, so you don't rub off the slime on its skin. Slit the belly, take out the guts, cut the fish across into pieces 3–4 cm thick and rinse them briefly under cold water.
  2. Lay the pieces skin side up in a dish and pour over the 150 ml vinegar. Warm vinegar gives a stronger colour. Leave for 5 minutes.
  3. Bring the water, vinegar and salt to the boil in a wide pan with the onion, peppercorns and bay leaves.
  4. Slide in the carp with its vinegar, bring back just to a simmer, and poach gently for 10–15 minutes, until the fins pull out easily (the book's test) and the thickest part reaches 63 °C.
  5. Drain well and serve on a warm dish, with the horseradish vinegar on the side.

Notes

What the book says vs. what we added

the vinegar poured over the pieces, the water boiled with vinegar, the onion, peppercorns and bay leaves, the fin test and the vinegar with horseradish are all the book's. The salt, amounts and times are ours.

Blue colour

the skin turns blue-grey only on very fresh fish with its natural slime intact, so don't scale it, scrub it or wash it hard. The book doesn't mention scaling here, though its other carp recipes do. Remove the gall bladder in one piece; if it bursts, the flesh tastes bitter.

Serving

German Karpfen blau usually comes with melted butter and horseradish. The book serves vinegar with horseradish.

Season

the book says carp are not much good in the "leaf month" and the "dog month", which are May and August in the old Latvian month names. Around spawning and in summer heat carp taste weaker and muddier. Farmed carp is still sold mainly from autumn to Easter.

Safety

freshwater fish can carry parasites, so always cook carp through.

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