Sturgeon ear at home

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to cook sturgeon soup? The first step is to clean the sturgeon from mucus and hard bone scales located on the sides of the fish. To do this, it is most convenient to put the sturgeon in a clean bath and pour boiling water over it. As a result, the mucus will be washed away, and the scales will be easily removed with a knife.

2. Step 2:

   

   Then cut off the head and tail from which the broth will be cooked. Before cooking, remove the gills so that the broth does not taste bitter. To do this, open the gill slits slightly and, holding the gills, cut them off with a sharp knife or scissors on both sides at the attachment points. Put the head and tail in a saucepan, pour cold water and put on fire.

3. Step 3:

   

   Fennel, 100 grams of carrots, onions, celery and turnips wash, peel and coarsely cut into arbitrary pieces.

4. Step 4:

   

   Bring the water to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low, remove the resulting foam and put the vegetables in a saucepan to the head and tail. Cook for 1 hour at a low boil, then remove the head and vegetables.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put the remaining fish in the broth in a large piece, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes.

7. Step 6:

   

   After that, the fish needs to be removed, skinned and cartilage removed. Leave the meat for the soup, and strain the broth.

8. Step 7:

   

   Carrot, white part of leek and zucchini cut into thin strips.

9. Step 8:

   

   Fry carrots and leeks in a frying pan with vegetable oil for 5 minutes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Put the fried vegetables together with the zucchini in the broth, cook for 5 minutes until soft. Add salt, pepper, and soy sauce. Return the peeled fillet to the pan or put it on plates, into which you will then pour the fish soup.

11. Step 10:

    

    Serve the sturgeon soup hot with lemon slices.