2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
St. Nicholas Day is a holiday of sailors, bankers, merchants, in addition it is a holiday of the city of Burgas and the Orthodox Church on December 6, St. Nicholas is honored.
In other words, even if you are not a name day, you must celebrate this date with a suitable table for St. Nicholas Day. Traditionally, then you must make a mandatory dish of fish, most often served stuffed carp.
Suitable spices for fish for St. Nicholas Day
Without spices, however, the fish or stuffed carp for St. Nicholas Day will not be good. The most suitable spices for fish are:
- devesil - mandatory for fish;
- mint - especially if there is rice;
- Thyme - sweet very slightly and in combination with carp becomes perfect;
- rosemary - which emphasizes the main flavors, but also gives a very interesting taste;
- parsley - suitable for any dish;
- sage - gives freshness to oily fish;
- salt and pepper - of course, without which no dish will be obtained.
If you want, combine several spices, but from the aromatic ones - choose two, at most three, so that they do not take over the taste and make the carp bitter.
Stuffing for carp
- The stuffing for carp can include a variety of products - depending on what you like in your family. One of the most common stuffing for carp is the one that contains a lot of onions, walnuts] and spices - salt, pepper, thyme, savory (they are already a matter of taste). Fry everything gradually and then full of carp. To make the filling different, add some mushrooms or olives, preferably pitted.
- You can make the filling with rice / bulgur and raisins - it becomes very interesting to taste, slightly sweet and perfectly complemented by carp. The raisins in the recipe can be replaced with a little dried blueberries, even dried cherries. Add a little onion, rice, raisins, and devesil, walnuts, spices to your taste - gradually add each product to the pan and fry, after you put everything add a little water so that the rice in advance carp) to swell.
"If this one." a different stuffing for St. Nicholas carp it seems too exotic for your taste, make the stuffing with onion, minced meat and rice - again fry the products in succession, add a little mint and fill the carp. Be careful stuffed carp not to become too greasy, given the fat of the minced meat and carp.
- An interesting way to stuff carp is with buckwheat - add tomatoes, mushrooms, some bacon, cheese and walnuts. Fry (very briefly) the buckwheat, chopped mushrooms and tomatoes, bacon and walnuts, add spices - rosemary, a little salt and thyme and finally add the yellow cheese into cubes. You can skip the bacon, as carp are generally oily fish.
Once you have stuffed and sewn the carp, you can put a few slices of lemon on it and bake it. Stuffed carp with buckwheat is prepared slowly - the greater preparation is until it is filled and sewn.
Cut prepared carp for St. Nicholas Day in slices, serve with fresh salad or some pickle and a glass of red wine. Enjoy!
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