Smelt dishes: recipes, cooking features and reviews

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

This small and nimble fish has its admirers when skillfully cooked. Her lovers know many original recipes from smelt fish. But today we will cook smelt in simpler ways. Then the fish will not lose its taste and useful properties. Reviews of the recipes for cooking this fish provided below are always only good. That is why these recipes have been passed down through generations.

Preparing smelt

Before you cook fish according to different recipes, smelt must be pre-processed. It must be washed and cleaned of scales and offal. If the fish is small, then some chefs advise cooking it completely.

Fry smelt

Recipes for fried smelt are very popular. We offer a classic version. It is light enough, and you will soon be able to enjoy fragrant fish. Ingredients needed to make the fried smelt recipe:

• peeled fish;
• a pair of eggs - for batter;
• s alted flour - 1-2 cups.

Batter for fish: beat the eggs in a bowl, add a little s alt and season with pepper.

Now let's start roasting:

1. Pour s alted flour onto a dish or other suitable container. We will roll the fish in flour. Therefore, take something that has a size slightly larger than the length of the fish. This will make the process easier for you.
2. Pour vegetable oil without flavor into a thick-walled pan and heat it over medium heat. As soon as the oil in the pan warms up, reduce the heat and start filling the pan with fish.
3. Dip each carcass first in the egg mixture, then roll on a dish in flour. Dip in the pan and cook over medium heat on both sides. Fry until the fish is covered with a golden, appetizing crust.
4. The pan does not need to be closed, otherwise the batter will get wet and turn into a sticky unpleasant mass.
5. Smelt fried according to this recipe in a pan should be laid on a flat large dish and eaten hot. Then you can appreciate the taste of fish fillet in a crispy batter.

If you have cornmeal, and you actively use it in the kitchen, then the following recipe is for you.

Smelt in corn batter

• Prepare the fish (wash, clean).
• S alt the fish (you can rub it on all sides with fine s alt).
• Beat a couple of eggs.
• Connectingon a dish of cornmeal and breadcrumbs.

Technology for cooking smelt according to this recipe:

1. Dip the fish in eggs and, without delay, in a mixture of flour and breadcrumbs.
2. Send to a hot pan with butter.
3. Fry as usual - until golden brown on both sides.

Oven smelt recipe

Instead of a frying pan, you can use the oven. The oven is convenient and fast. And the smelt baked in it will turn out tender, fragrant and more dietary.

Put the oven to heat up, and in the meantime, prepare the fish using standard technology. Washed and peeled smelt should be dipped in batter from a beaten egg. Then roll each fish well in s alted flour. Pour vegetable (or butter) oil into a non-stick form so that it covers the bottom. We will lay our fish on top of this oil. To save space on a baking sheet, put the fish "jack". Around the fish, you can spread the circles of tomatoes and sprinkle them with herbs. If the batter in which you dipped the fish is not all over, then you can pour it directly onto a baking sheet on top of the laid smelt. Bake the dish for 40 minutes.

With potatoes

The next recipe for smelt in the oven will be fish with vegetables.

Products Needed:

• smelt;
• new potatoes;
• s alt, bay leaf;
• 2 bulbs;
• sour cream product - 200 grams;
• tomato sauce (optional) - 50 grams;
• seasoning for fish;
• 2-3 eggs;
• flour or breadcrumbs - about a cup.

Cooking technology:

1. Process the fish, wipe with s alt.
2. Make the egg batter according to the above recipe.
3. Wash potatoes thoroughly with a brush. Young specimens may not be cleaned. And if the potato is not young, then be sure to peel it off. Small potatoes are perfect for this smelt with vegetables recipe. If the potatoes are medium-sized or large, then it is better to cut them into halves and quarters. Let the prepared potatoes wait their turn in clean water (so as not to darken).
4. And we'll take care of the bow. It needs to be peeled and chopped into half rings.
5. Pour oil into a non-stick pan to cover the bottom of the pan.
6. Beat the eggs in a deep bowl and, dipping smelt into them, dip the fish on both sides in flour.
7. Now is the time to send it to the baking sheet. When all the fish is in shape, put the potatoes and onion half rings where there is room.
8. Sprinkle the contents of the pan with s alt, flavor with seasonings for fish. Don't forget the laurel leaf.
9. And now, the smelt is beautifully shaped and waiting only when it is poured with sour cream sauce.
10. For the sauce you need to mix all the sour cream with tomato or ketchup. If it gets thick, dilute with water. When the filling acquires "fluidity" with this sour cream and tomato sauce, you need to pour the whole smelt with potatoes and onions. Sprinkle s alt again if necessary. Send the baking sheet to the wellpreheated oven for an hour. After this time, a tender and fragrant fish dish with sauce and vegetables will be on your table.

Marine smelt

In addition to frying and baking, you can pickle smelt. The recipe is very easy and quick to prepare:

1. Smelt needs to be cleaned and washed.
2. Small onions cut into rings.
3. The fish must be placed in a glass or enamel bowl.
4. In another bowl, prepare the marinade. For the marinade, mix a glass of water (boiled) with 6% table vinegar (3 large spoons). Add some s alt and a few peppercorns to this solution. If you prefer the sweet taste of the marinade, add a teaspoon of sugar to the solution.
5. Small smelt falls asleep with onion rings and, adding a bay leaf, pour the marinade for 10 hours. After this time, you can enjoy a fragrant snack.

Marinated fish that keeps in the refrigerator for several days

And here is another interesting recipe for pickling smelt:

Prepared fish is fried in batter with breadcrumbs and cornmeal. Then it is placed in a deep dish. Dishes can be made of glass or ceramics. And marinade is prepared in an enamel saucepan:

1. Grate carrots of any fraction.
2. Chop the onion into half rings.
3. Pour vegetables with water (0.5 liters), boil.
4. When the water with vegetables begins to boil, it's time to add a quarter teaspoon of s alt and a teaspoon of sugar to it. Sheetlaurel and peppercorns - to taste.
5. Let the marinade simmer for about half a minute and add 2 tablespoons of 9% vinegar.
6. Remove the marinade from the stove, let it cool down. When the solution reaches room temperature, pour it over the fried smelt, which was placed in a container.
7. Now dishes with marinated fish can be refrigerated for 13 or more hours.

Such a fish is good when there is a situation "guests on the doorstep". You, as a good hostess, always have something to serve dear guests at the table. Bon appetit!