Two ways: how to salt salmon caviar at home

How to salt fresh salmon roe

This is a method for caviar from freshly caught fish. Wash the fish and carefully open the belly.

Salmon caviar is found in film-like sacs called ovaries. You need to get rid of these films without damaging the eggs.

Place the caviar in a colander and make several cuts in each cavity with a sharp knife.

Boil water in a saucepan and add salt to it.

• For 5 liters of water you need about 2 cups of salt.

Carefully lower the colander with the caviar into the pan for 10 seconds so that the water completely covers the eggs, and then immediately pull it out.

The film will instantly shrink and peel off, releasing the eggs. Stir the game with a fork, and these films will wrap themselves around it, freeing you from having to pull them out manually.

Place the colander so that excess water drains from the caviar; cover the colander with a cloth towel during this time. You cannot keep caviar in the open air for more than 30 minutes, otherwise it will become airy and harden.

Place the caviar in a glass jar, pour in 2-3 tbsp. l.vegetable oil for each, and close it with a tight lid. In a day, the salted salmon caviar will be ready.

How to salt frozen salmon caviar

Salmon is a valuable fish and is not found anywhere. For long-term transportation, it is usually frozen, along with caviar. When properly frozen, neither fish nor caviar loses their beneficial qualities, but such caviar should be salted according to a different recipe. It is also possible to scald such caviar to free it from the ovaries, but most likely most of the eggs will fall apart, and you will have to make a sandwich paste out of it.

To keep the eggs intact, the eggs are cut and rubbed through the mesh. A tennis racket or badminton racket is perfect for these purposes.

Now you need to salt the caviar. To salt salmon caviar, brine is boiled, and the stronger it is, the longer the caviar will be stored, but the taste may suffer. Ideal proportions for brine:

• 1 l. water;
• 100 gr. rock salt;

Prepare as much solution as needed so that it completely covers the caviar. Place the caviar in a deep saucepan and fill it with cooled brine.

The time for salting caviar in brine is 4 hours, and during this time you should also cover the container with the salted caviar to avoid chapping.

After this, you should put the caviar in a gauze bag and let it drain for about 20 minutes. Caviar should be stored in closed glass jars with the addition of vegetable oil.

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