Stuffed pike with mushrooms and onions
Ingredients
- 1 pike, 1200-1400 g
- 200-250 g baguette
- 250 ml milk
- 350 g mushrooms
- 1 onion
- 2-3 tbsp vegetable oil, + something for greasing
- 2 eggs
- salt, to taste
- Black pepper, to taste
- Leaf greens, to taste, optional
- Mayonnaise, to taste, optional
- Olives, to taste, optional
- Cherry tomatoes, to taste, optional
- Cranberries, to taste, optional
- lemon, to taste, optional
Utensils
- knife
- cutting board
- bowl
- frying pan
- meat grinder
- aluminium foil
- baking tray
- baking paper
- toothpick
Instructions
- Clean the pike and rinse under running water.
- Cut off the head and remove the gills.
- Carefully cut the skin from the side of the head and slowly pull the skin off the fish like a stocking.
- Use a knife to separate the fins.
- One a few centimeters before the tail, cut through the spine.
- Separate the fish fillets from the bones and place in a bowl.
- Separate the baguette slices from the crust, cut into large pieces and soak in milk.
- Peel the onions and chop very finely together with the mushrooms .
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat.
- Fry the mushrooms until the liquid has evaporated.
- Add the onions and cook for a further 3 to 4 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
- Fish fillet Grind once through the meat grinder.
- Then mix in the mushrooms, onion and lightly squeezed bread.
- Put through the meat grinder again.
- Mix the eggs, salt and pepper in a bowl with the rest of the filling.
- Carefully stuff the fish skin with the filling.
- Put some of the filling into the bowl and carefully stick it with the rest of the fish.
- Line the baking tray with baking paper and lightly grease it.
- Place the fish on it.
- Prick several holes with a toothpick into the skin.
- Grush the pike with oil and cover with aluminum foil.
- Put the fish in the oven and bake for about 50-60 minutes at 180°C.
- Remove the foil about 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time.
- Allow the finished fish to cool and place on a plate.
- Serve the stuffed pike with leafy greens, mayonnaise, olives, cherry tomatoes, cranberries and lemon slices and serve immediately.