Housewives have very ambiguous attitudes towards pike.It seems to be a "convenient" fish - it is cleaned quite easily, meaty, not very bony. However, pike does not always turn out tasty even when cooked according to all the rules. Sometimes it smells of mud, sometimes the meat is dry and tough, and sometimes it falls apart in the most treacherous way. Therefore, in order not to mess around with this capricious fish, many prefer to stick it in the oven, and then - let it be as it will be. However, if you know how to cook pike in the oven, then you can not only save time, but also get a completely edible and even very tasty fish at the end. We offer you several interesting recipes.
Pike with roots (stewed)
A recipe adapted by modern housewivescooking pike in a Russian oven. When housewives were not lazy not only to cut up the pike, but also to prepare dough for sealing the dishes. This is how hermetically sealed pike turned out juicy and tasty. Ingredients:
- Pike (small, a kilogram for one and a half)
- Root of parsley
- Celery root
- Carrot
- Bay leaf
- Black peppercorns
- Oil (200 g)
- Flour
- Water
Preparation: Wash, gut and clean the pike.Cut into medium-sized pieces. Take a heat-resistant saucepan, grease it with oil and put finely chopped roots on the bottom. Put pieces of fish, spices and cut into pieces of butter on top. Prepare the dough. Pour flour into a bowl and, gradually adding water, knead unleavened viscous dough. Cover the saucepan with a lid and coat with dough. Put in a hot oven for half an hour. Note: You can cook pike in portioned pots in the same way. In this case, the dough is made steeper: for a kind of lid. This lid made of dough is tightly covered with pots. You can also use food foil instead of dough (but it tastes better with dough!).
Pike with mushrooms
The combination of mushrooms and onions gives the pike its unique taste and aroma. In any case, even a hint of the smell of mud disappears without a trace. Ingredients:
- Pike
- Onions (3-4 heads)
- Mushrooms (500 g)
- Butter (200 g)
- Sour Cream (250 g)
- Lemon juice
Preparation: Cut the fish:Wash, clean, gut, cut into pieces (across the carcass). Dry the pieces of fish and rub with salt and pepper. Fry the washed and coarsely chopped mushrooms in butter together with the onion rings. Place the pike on a baking sheet greased with oil, sprinkle it with lemon juice and put the mushrooms and onions on top. Season with salt, pepper and any other seasonings to taste. Sprinkle everything generously with sour cream. Cook the pike in the oven for thirty minutes.
Pike with vegetables
Vegetables, as we know, are a juicy product. Therefore, with them, the pike will also be juicy and especially aromatic. And butter will give this fish the fattiness it so lacks. Ingredients:
- Pike
- Potatoes (6-7 pieces)
- Carrot
- Bulgarian pepper (2-3 pcs.)
- Salt
- Basil
Preparation:Wash, clean, gut and cut the pike into pieces. Wash, clean and cut the vegetables into slices. Spread foil on a baking sheet, grease it generously with butter and place the pieces of fish (in the center of the baking sheet). Cover the edges of the fish with vegetables and pieces of butter. Salt everything and sprinkle with chopped basil. Cover the baking sheet hermetically with another (or more than one) sheet of foil and put it in a preheated oven. Cook the pike for half an hour. In general, in order for the pike cooked in the oven not to be dry, it must be: cooked with vegetables or mushrooms, seasoned with sauces or sour cream, add butter and cooked in a closed container or hermetically sealed. Then it will be juicy, moderately fatty, aromatic and soft. Cook! We recommend reading:
