Маринование миноги

Marinating lamprey

Lamprey is considered fish, so they are called in the dictionary Dahl and culinary encyclopedia V. Pokhlebkin. But mostly lamprey belongs to lower animal groups vertebrate class.

Originally called the lamprey Neunauge or devyatiglazkoy as its gills and olfactory organs like the eyes. lamprey length of one meter and less. After spawning lamprey dies. Lamprey reaches sexual maturity after 3 years of life.

Lamprey commercial fish and many specialties from lampreys are considered a delicacy.
How to prepare the lamprey

Lamprey have no bone or scales and viscera only from the small intestine. Prepare to cook lamprey is quite time-consuming, because their body is covered with toxic slime. To remove this mucus must either rub salt or its carcass to hold at one time in salt water, then scraped the slime.

Most often carcass washed, scrubbed salt and soaked in cold water for 15 minutes, then again washed, scrubbed with salt and put in the refrigerator for one hour. Next vsparivayut belly and squeeze out the blood.
Cooking process

Take 4 -. 5 lampreys length of about 30 cm That’s enough for 800 gram cans.

Minogue fry lightly sprinkled with lemon.

Marinade: Heat the cup of water and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil; spoon of salt and a teaspoon of sugar. The hot solution you need to add a couple of cloves, juniper berries, a couple of parsnip roots, floor leaf bay leaf, 1/3 spoon cinnamon, sweet peas (2 – 3 pieces), a teaspoon of lemon juice, before boiling, you must add 1 tablespoon of vinegar.

Marinade is brought to a boil. Minogue is cut into pieces of 5 cm and pour the marinade. When the water has cooled slightly to room temperature, the container is sent from lamprey in refrigerator for 2 – 3 days.
Submission of lampreys

Serve in lamprey fish dish with the marinade. You can add a little mustard or decorate with lemon slices / olives.
How to cook fried marinated lampreys

Marinating lamprey

Buy lampreys may be in store. You can fry them just because they are obtained is also not bad. Let the waters of Lake Balkhash, you can not catch lamprey, you can catch another, no less tasty predator and cook it.