Salted fish: the most tender simple recipe

Self-salted fish always tastes better than bought fish. In addition to the fact that each hostess has her own recipe for salting, which suits her best, such fish is also prepared with love, and therefore simply can not help but be delicious.

Recipes for salting fish are quite a lot, and all of them are radically different from each other. In order to find your favorite, it is worth trying a few variants. One of them was published on Instagram by a foodblogger with the nickname picantecooking.

Ingredients for Stage I

• Trout, salmon or mackerel - 600 gr
• Salt - 120 gr
• Sugar - 40 g
• Lemon zest - 1 pc
• Grapefruit zest - 1 pc
• Dill stalks

Ingredients for stage II

• Dill - 1 liter
• Lemon zest - 1 pc
• Grapefruit zest - 1 pc

Method of preparation

1. Mix sugar, salt, zest and dill stalks and transfer the fish on them. Leave in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

2. Pour lemon and grapefruit zest over steep boiling water and let cool completely.

3. Clean the fish with salt and dill.

4. Place in a clean container and fill with water and zest. Place in the refrigerator for 8 to 12 hours. This cooking step will rid the fish of excess salt and make it juicy.