Capelin spicy salting at home recipe 🐟 with photo

Kitchen appliances and utensils: large pot, knife, food container, hob.

Ingredients

Product	amount
Fresh capelin	500 g
Vinegar 9%	22 g
Onion	2 pcs.
Salt	20 g
Granulated sugar	10 g
Bay leaf	3 pcs.
Clove	5 pieces.
Black pepper peas	10-12 pcs.
Pure water	400 g
Allspice	10-12 pcs.
Vegetable oil	22 g

Step cooking

Wash, cut off the heads and tails, clean from the insides and again thoroughly wash 500 grams of fresh capelin.
We peel off the husks, wash and chop two onions in half rings.
Pour 400 grams of pure water into a large deep saucepan and put on the stove.
Add to the water 10-12 pieces of allspice, 5 cloves, 10-12 peas of black pepper, 3 bay leaves, 20 grams of salt and 10 grams of granulated sugar.
Bring the marinade to a boil and boil for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the stove and let cool completely.
We put half of the peeled capelin tightly in a food container.
Put a layer of onion on top of the fish.
Then again a layer of capelin and a layer of onions.
When the marinade has cooled, add 22 grams of vegetable oil and 22 grams of vinegar to it 9%.
Stir the marinade, fill them with capelin and onion and close the container with a lid.
We leave the dish to marinate for a day in the refrigerator.

Decoration methods and serving options

When you take salt or pickle capelin at home, remember that the richness and brightness of taste depends on the time spent in brine, marinade or a mixture of spices.
Before serving, the fish can be washed if it spent a long time in marinade or brine.
For a special taste, before serving you can sprinkle capelin with lemon juice, add chopped onions and fresh herbs to it.
If you want to serve the fish nicely on the table, then take a large plate or dish and spread thinly sliced lemon slices around its perimeter.
Such a dish as a side dish is perfect for boiled potatoes and a salad of fresh vegetables. Capelin can also be served as a snack.
You can also make delicious sandwiches with capelin of spicy salting. For this, rye bread is ideal for you. You can supplement them with boiled egg, onion feathers, parsley.

Video recipe

Thanks to this video, you will learn how to easily and simply cook delicious spicy capelin at home. Such a fish is much tastier than the one we used to buy in stores. The spicy salted fish itself is lean, fleshy and aromatic.

Capelin is a small fish that can be found on every table and does not lose its popularity over the years. It is good because it is prepared in different ways. And regardless of the method of preparation, it turns out very tasty. It has a special, unique taste and aroma. In this article, you learned how to cook one of the most popular options for capelin. Did you like this recipe? Would you prepare such a dish for your loved ones? Tell us about your impressions in the comments!

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Enjoy your meal!