Recipe from Dasha Malakhova- Culinary Studio “Kartata Potata”

Seafood recipe: Asp with Herbs

Asp with herbs, lemon, white pepper and a side dish of fried celery and thyme
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Ingredients
  • 1 asp (1.5 kg)
  • 1 Lemon
  • Herbs: parsley, dill, laurel, chives, thyme, salt and white pepper
  • 1 celery root
  • olive oil
Instructions
[b]Before cooking:[/b]
  1. Fresh fish, clean it, gut and remove the gills.
  2. Dry it with the serviette and rub the fish with salt and white pepper.
  3. Leave the marinating fish for two hours, and in the meantime you can peel the celery root, cut it into small cubes (1 centimeter), begin to fry it over low heat, and then add olive oil, salt and thyme.
[b]Now you can prepare herbs: [/b]
  1. Wash thin bunch of parsley, dill, chives and 3 leaves of fresh bay leaf.
  2. Stuff the fish’s belly with herbs and put the carcass on a foil or a grill for roasting.
  3. Sprinkle the fish plentifully with lemon juice and insert pieces of lemon to the gills. Bake until done.
  4. Serve the hot fish with a side dish of celery.