There are many ways to eat fish roe and enjoy its delicious and exquisite flavor, characterized by its marine intensity. Not everything is to eat them boiled, fried or battered, if you like roe and want to surprise with some great, easy and delicious recipes, keep reading because here we will explain how to get it.
Try improvising and let yourself be carried away in the kitchen, it is always good to try something new and discover unknown sensations. That’s why in this article we explain how to cook fish roe.
Fish roe vinaigrette.
We start with a typical Catalan recipe for fish roe in vinaigrette. To prepare this tasty dish you will need very few components.
Ingredients:
- 1 kilo of roe.
- 2 salad tomatoes.
- ½ red pepper.
- 1 onion.
- Olive oil.
- Vinegar.
- Salt.
Preparation:
First you must take the kilo of roe, put salt and wrap them in a thin kitchen cloth, this is so that when you cook them they do not break. Once you have cooked them and they are cold, you must cut them into slices, arrange in a source and return to salt. Next, you can prepare the vegetables for the vinaigrette. You should cut the red pepper and onion into very small pieces. Take a bowl and put the vinegar, oil and mix everything well together with all the chopped vegetables. Then pour all the vinaigrette over the roe and let it sit in the fridge for at least 3 hours to absorb all the flavor.
Fish roe with priñaca.
To enjoy another way of cooking fish roe, we propose this very traditional recipe, which is usually served in portions or tapas and above all, it is made with cod.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 kilo of fresh cod roe.
- 1 tomato.
- 1 onion.
- 1 cucumber.
- 1 green pepper.
- Sherry vinegar.
- Olive oil.
- Salt.
Preparation:
To start you have to cook the roe with a little salt, once it is cooked you take it out, dry it well and let it cool. While you can go making the sauce. Take all the vegetables and cut them very thinly, then take a bowl and add all the vegetables. Season with salt, oil and sherry vinegar, cut the roe into slices and add to the bowl. Now you must leave it in the fridge for a few hours so that it reaches the desired temperature
Roe omelette with young garlic.
We propose a somewhat different recipe for eating roe, ideal as a main dish or as a garnish.
Ingredients:
- 3 garlic cloves.
- 3 tablespoons minced roe.
- 1 egg.
- Ground black pepper.
- Green peppercorns.
- Oil.
- Salt.
- 2 bay leaves.
Preparation:
Take the roe and cook it with the 2 bay leaves, the salt, the olive oil and the green peppercorns. Let them remain in the water until they harden a bit, while you can go sautéing the garlic in a pan. Once the roe is cooked, chop a part and season with oil, salt and black pepper. The other half of the roe should be fried with the garlic. Finally, beat the egg and add to the mixture to cook everything together. Simple as that! Now you can enjoy this delicious omelette with a very different touch.
Fish roe fritters.
Finally, we propose a very special and juicy recipe to cook fish roe: delicious fritters that will leave you open-mouthed.
Ingredients:
- 100 ml of dough to prepare fritters.
- 5 tablespoons of finely chopped roe.
- Salt.
- Pepper.
- Basil.
Preparation:
Place the fritter dough in a large container and mix with the roe that you have previously chopped and seasoned with the chosen spices. Shape your fritters and then take a pan, add olive oil and when it is hot, fry. Put the dough mixed with the roe and fry well on both sides, making sure that they are perfectly golden and delicious.