Have you ever salted red fish at home? Although it is incredibly simple and significantly cheaper than buying a finished product in a supermarket. Let's find out in a step-by-step recipe with a photo how to salt salmon ridges at home? Video recipe.
Salmon is a valuable and tasty fish species. However, due to its expensive cost, few can afford it. Therefore, some people use a more affordable alternative - a ridge, which can also be salted. The slightly salted ridges of the fish will be ready in just a day. They will be a great snack for beer and wine. After carefully removing the salty red fish flesh from the ridge, you can put it on sandwiches with butter or creamy soft cheese. It is added to various salads, canapes and cold appetizers. In all dishes to taste, a red fish taken from the ridges will not differ from an expensive fillet. At the same time, you will be sure of the quality of the salting, and also significantly save the family budget.
You can buy trimmings of red fish in almost all supermarkets. For the recipe, the ridges are suitable fresh or frozen. They are of high quality and suitable for consumption, just like the fillet itself. If the freezing is single, then this will not greatly affect the taste. However, when choosing ridges, pay attention so that the meat does not separate from the bone and does not have foreign odors. In this review, we will learn how to salt the ridges of red fish at home. Absolutely all housewives and eaters will be satisfied with the result. After all, this process is fast, and the result is delicious!
See also how to cook salted salmon at home.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 189 kcal.
- Servings - 2 ridges
- Cooking time - 12 hours
Ingredients:
- Salmon ridges - 2 pcs.
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Salt - 1 tablespoon
Step-by-step preparation of salting salmon ridges, recipe with photo:
1. Defrost salmon ridges naturally without using a microwave oven. Wash them under running water and dry with a paper towel. Leave them to lie down at room temperature to dry and weather completely. Then cut them into comfortable pieces.
2. Find a convenient container in which you will salt the fish. Combine salt and sugar and stir. Pour some sweet and salty mixture into the bottom of the container.
3. Put the pieces of red fish in one layer in a container and sprinkle them with a mixture of salt and sugar.
4. Continue to place the fish pieces on top of each other, seasoning them with salt and sugar.
5. Place the lid on the fish and refrigerate for 12 hours. Then rinse it well under running cold water, rinse off all the salt, and dry it with a paper towel. Store fish in a convenient, clean, dry container in the refrigerator. Use salted salmon ridges for 3 days.
See also a video recipe on how to salt salmon ridges.
