Stuffed pike step by step recipe 🐟 with photo

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

oven;
kitchen surface for cooking;
pan;
meat grinder;
board for cutting fish;
kitchen knife;
paper towels;
kitchen scissors;
tablespoon;
grater;
scapula;
deep dish for minced meat;
blender
toothpicks or thread with a thick needle;
sleeve for baking;
a baking sheet;
great serving dish.

Ingredients

Product	amount
Pike	1-1.3 kg
Carrot	2 pcs.
Onion	2 pcs.
Egg	2 pcs.
Garlic	1 clove
Vegetable oil or fresh lard	4 tbsp. L. / 1 piece
White bread	120-150 g
Milk	50 ml
Salt	1 tbsp. l
Ground black pepper	Taste

Step cooking

Before cooking stuffed pike, you need to clean it. They cut the pike with a kitchen knife and take out all the entrails. Wash the fish inside and out under running water. Be sure to clean the pike scales well - the skin should be clean, as it is used for cooking.
Rinse the pike under running water and dry it well with a paper towel inside and out.
Using kitchen scissors, cut off all the fins. The head and tail are cut off with a knife, as they are prepared separately.
Hands peel off the pike. Although it is removed quite easily, you should not rush so as not to damage the skin. If somewhere she doesn’t get off, then she is poked with her fingers. Do not pull and pull strongly. Pike meat remaining on the skin can be scraped off with a tablespoon.
Pike meat is separated from the ridge and cut with a knife fillet. Cut the fillet into small pieces so that it is easier to grind in a meat grinder.
Using kitchen scissors, gills are cut from the head of a pike. In the future, the head is also stuffed with minced meat.
When they finished the pike, they begin to prepare the stuffing. For this, 120-150 g of bread is poured into 50 ml of milk to soften it. With the help of milk it is possible to achieve a more noble taste.
Pre-boil 1 egg and rub it on a grater. 2 carrots are also rubbed, and 2 onions are cut into small cubes.
2 tablespoons are poured into a heated pan. l vegetable oil. You can also use 1 piece of fresh bacon, which grease the surface of the pan. Fry the onion along with the grated carrots until tender.
In a meat grinder, pike fillet is ground together with sautéed onions and carrots. The bread, previously soaked in milk, is squeezed and also ground in a meat grinder. Do not worry about the small bones that remain in the pike fillet. All the same, they will all remain on the screw with a meat grinder or chopped. If you still doubt it, then the mince can be scrolled in a meat grinder twice.
In the prepared minced pike add 1 raw egg, 1 tbsp. l salt, and pepper to taste. Also, boiled grated egg is added to the minced meat, due to which the shrimp taste will appear in the stuffed pike.
Pour into minced meat 2 tbsp. l vegetable oil and thoroughly knead it with a tablespoon. If possible, it is better to beat the minced meat with a blender so that the mass becomes homogeneous.
On the board, the skin of the pike is leveled and minced meat is applied on it, after wetting the hands in water.
So that when baking, the stuffing does not fall out, the abdomen is fastened with toothpicks or sewn with a strong thread.
The head is also well stuffed with minced meat.
Take a baking sleeve, cutting it lengthwise, and lubricate it with vegetable oil so that the skin does not stick to the film.The stuffed pike is tightly wrapped, twisting the edges well or tying them with a thread.
They grease the head and tail of the pike with vegetable oil and wrap it in a baking sleeve similar to the body.
The body, head and tail of the pike are placed on a baking sheet. If in the process of preparation the body is crumpled, then they give it an even shape.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the stuffed pike for 40-45 minutes.
The prepared pike is taken out of the oven and allowed to cool completely. Carefully unfold the fish and pull out the toothpicks. Cut the stuffed pike into pieces of 1-2 cm.
On a large dish, the pike is beautifully laid out, as well as the head and tail. It is recommended to serve the finished dish along with olives, herbs, fresh vegetables and lemon slices. This dish can be consumed hot and cold.

Video recipe

After watching the video, you will learn how to cook stuffed pike in the oven at home. A step-by-step cooking instruction is given with all the necessary products and kitchen appliances. Thanks to a detailed description of the cooking process, you will not have difficulties in cooking even such a complex and sophisticated dish.

Do you like pike, and have you ever tried to stuff and cook it in the oven? Are you satisfied with the result, have you had any difficulties in the cooking process? Share your culinary experience with other readers in the comments.

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Enjoy your meal!