Aspic from perch

1. The perch is thoroughly washed under running water, cleaned of scales, having previously doused the fish with boiling water, this greatly simplifies the cleaning process. Using a sharp knife, we cut the abdomen, carefully remove the insides. We also remove the gills, re-wash the carcasses under running water. We cut off the heads and tails.

2. Pour water into a saucepan, send it to the fire, bring it to a boil. In the meantime, we peel the carrots, mine. Onions are also cleaned, not crushed. Put carrots, whole onions and a couple of bay leaves in boiling water. Cook for 5 minutes, then spread the fish heads. At this stage, salt the broth to taste, and also add freshly ground allspice.

3. Cook the broth over low heat for 15 minutes. It is not necessary to digest the broth, since it should be allowed to boil violently, this contributes to the turbidity of the liquid, which will affect the overall appearance of the finished dish. Filter the finished broth through a fine sieve, you can also strain through gauze folded in a couple of layers.

4. We leave a glass of broth in order to dissolve gelatin in it, and pour the rest of the filtered broth into a saucepan and return to the fire. When the broth boils, put the fish in it, cook on low heat for half an hour. In a separate container, boil hard-boiled chicken eggs.

5. Fill the gelatin with the remaining broth, mix until completely dissolved. We extract the boiled perches, carefully divide the meat into pieces. Boiled eggs are cut into circles. Carrots are cut into plates lengthwise. At the bottom of the molds we put an egg, a couple of plates of carrots. Wash the parsley, chop it, spread it on top of the carrots. Then we put the fish in the molds.

6. We combine the broth with dissolved gelatin, pour it into molds, send it to the refrigerator for 7-8 hours, you can stay overnight. It is very convenient to use silicone molds, it is easy to extract the finished filling from them. After the specified time, carefully turn the aspic onto a flat serving dish, under the bottom, if desired, you can put a lettuce leaf and decorate with fresh parsley.

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