Sterlet in the oven with potatoes - tasty and easy

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

• teapot;
• cutting board;
• knife;
• a large bowl;
• paper towels;
• a baking sheet;
• oven;
• great serving dish.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. Prepare the fish: pour sterlet over boiling water - this will help remove mucus and facilitate the removal of scales. Cut off all growths, cartilage, ventral and lateral fins. Gut the sterlet, removing the entrails and films. Pull out the screech and remove the gills. Rinse the fish well under running water and pat dry with paper towels.
   
2. Peel the potatoes (1 kg) and wash them well. Cut large potatoes into 6-8 parts, and leave small ones whole.
   
3. Sliced ​​potato salt and pepper to taste. Add mayonnaise (4-5 tablespoons) to it and mix thoroughly.
   
4. Lubricate the pan with olive oil. It will take 1-2 tablespoons. Gently place the potatoes on a baking sheet in one layer, without pouring the remaining sauce.
   
5. Salt the pre-prepared sterlet and grease the sauce remaining from the potatoes. Generously lubricate fish inside and out.
   
6. Place the sterlet greased with the sauce on the potatoes with the backs facing up.
   
7. Cut a whole lemon into 2 halves, and squeezing the juice, pour them fish on a baking sheet.
   
8. Place the pan with fish and potatoes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake the dish until cooked. It takes about an hour.
   

Decoration methods and presentation options

Serve the baked sterlet in the oven hot. To do this, carefully transfer the fish to the large rectangular or oval-shaped dish, spreading it in the center, and lay the baked potatoes on the sides of the fish. Garnish the edges of the dish with lemon slices and sprigs of greens: feathers of onions, leaves of parsley and dill. Garnish a sterlet with chopped olives without stones (50-60 grams).

Separately, serve the vegetable slices of fresh cucumbers, bell peppers and cherry tomatoes laid on lettuce leaves. Do not forget about fish sauces, choosing them to your taste: white, garlic and lemon, tartar, tomato, sweet and sour and others. From alcoholic drinks, white or pink dry wine is suitable for baked sterlet.

Video recipe

Oven baked sterlet is a magnificent and truly royal dish that will decorate any festive table. There are no difficulties in its preparation. Watch the video and cook it simply and deliciously.

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