Crucian carp baked in foil in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake carp in the oven so that it turns out delicious, fragrant and juicy? The recipe is very simple. Start by making the sauce. Take a dense mayonnaise with a fat content of at least 67%. Lemon juice dilutes the sauce, and if the mayonnaise is already flowing, then the sauce simply will not stick to the fish, but will drain from it. Therefore, the denser the mayonnaise, the better.

2. Step 2:

   

   In a bowl, combine mayonnaise, lemon juice, fish spices, paprika, salt and pepper. If you use ready-made spice mixes, be sure to read the composition on the package. Often, salt and pepper are already present in such mixtures, keep this in mind, otherwise you risk over-salting and peppering the dish.

3. Step 3:

   

   Mix everything thoroughly. You should get a viscous, but slightly fluid homogeneous sauce.

4. Step 4:

   

   Now prepare the fish. Crucian carp need a large one, weighing at least 500 g. You can take fresh or frozen fish. Pre-defrost frozen fish (for proper defrosting, see link to the recipe).

5. Step 5:

   

   Clean the fish from the scales and insides, remove the gills and fins. Rinse well inside and out. Then blot the fish with paper napkins. If the fish is very large, then make shallow incisions across the carcass on both sides.

6. Step 6:

   

   Cut the onion into small cubes or half rings.

8. Step 7:

   

   Brush the fish thoroughly with mayonnaise sauce inside and out from all sides.

9. Step 8:

   

   Stuff the fish with onions.

10. Step 9:

    

    Transfer the crucian to a baking sheet on a sheet of foil. Brush the top with the remnants of the sauce.

11. Step 10:

    

    Carefully wrap the fish in foil, while taking care that the top of the foil does not touch the fish, otherwise during baking the foil may stick and come off only together with the skin, which will spoil the appearance of the dish.

12. Step 11:

    

    Place the baking tray in a preheated oven to 190°With an oven. Bake for about 20 minutes. Determine the exact time and temperature of baking according to your oven. Then open the foil and return the crucian to the oven for another 10 minutes or a little longer until a crisp brown crust appears.

13. Step 12:

    

    Put the finished fish on a plate and serve it to the table, garnished with herbs and fresh vegetables. Bon appetit!