What is real Yakut stroganina

Sergey Nikitsky writes: “I want to tell you about one of the best delicacies in the world - about the Yakut stroganina. Stroganina - freshly frozen fish or meat, one of the main dishes of northern cuisine (popular in northern Russian, Yakut cuisine, Komi cuisine).

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Source: JJournal / nikitskij

1. Many people think: if you eat frozen fish, that's stroganina for you. This is wrong. Not every fish is suitable for stroganina. The best are broad whitefish, omul, nelma, sturgeon, muksun. True, if necessary, you can make stroganina from char, taimen, peled, even from vendace. But you should know some rules.

2. Only “live”, not “asleep” (that is, not dead in the nets) fish goes to the stroganina. This is the first. Feeding a guest a sliced fish is considered an insult. Secondly, having taken the fish out of the net, it is necessary to hit its head hard on the ice. After the fish lies in the cold for 15-20 minutes, it should be slightly kneaded, ruffled and straightened, and then completely frozen. After 10-12 hours in the cold for 30 degrees, you can cook a dish from it.

3. In Yakutsk, I bought stroganina from this seller, she gave me a discount in exchange for a photo-) By the way, even in Yakutia stroganina is not cheap, but in Moscow it is insanely expensive.

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5. Stroganina is served to the table raw, frozen, cut into “shavings”. Tastes like ice fish - very tasty.

6. Cut into chips, preferably in small portions, to avoid premature defrosting.

7. For taste, stroganina is dipped in “makalovo” - salt mixed with ground black pepper in a ratio of 1: 1.

8. As part of the festival "Winter begins with Yakutia" in Yakutsk, I got to the city competition "Stroganina-2013".

9. Goals of the competition: increasing the prestige of the Yakut national cuisine, promoting national traditions of hospitality, strengthening the traditions of cooking fish.

10. Yakut flavor captivates in earnest-)

11. The competition was attended by teams of city public organizations, administrations and suburbs, who have the skills to quickly and efficiently butcher fresh-frozen fish.

12. The team consists of 2 people. A man plans, a woman folds on a tray.

13. The works of the participants surprised with their imagination-)

14. Participants clearly touched on topical issues.

15. Planing Speed Contest

Have you tried stroganina?