How to cook red mullet

The mullet is a schooling marine fish living along the coast at shallow depths. This fish has another name – barbatus, which she received due to the fact that to taste it before was allowed only to the sultans because of the wonderful taste. This fish is tender, a little sweet taste a little like crab meat. The mullet are absolutely delicious in any form – smoked, steamed, pan-fried, grilled, salty. Gourmets assert that the most delicious is fried mullet.

You will need

• • For the fried red mullet:
  • 6 red mullet
  • 25 grams of flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1 lemon
  • 250 grams of tomatoes
  • 30 grams olive oil
  • black pepper and salt to taste
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • vegetable oil for frying
  • For red mullet in foil:
  • 4 red mullet
  • juice of two lemons
  • butter
  • pepper
  • salt to taste

Instruction

1. Rinse the mullet under running water, carefully clean off the scales and roll it in the flour with the egg.
2. Heat the oil in a pan, then place a red mullet and fry until Golden brown.
3. Drain oil, to taste pepper and salt fish.
4. Fry in another pan of halved tomatoes in olive oil. Generously sprinkle finely chopped garlic.
5. Lay the fried fish on a dish, put it around roasted tomatoes, and lemon slices.
6. Try to cook red mullet in foil. Wash the red mullet, cleaned from scales.
7. Each red mullet, generously pour the lemon juice and sprinkle to taste with pepper, salt.
8. Individually wrap each fish in foil, pre-fluff it with butter. On each a mullet for the fragrance and beauty can be put on top a thin lemon slice.
9. Roll the foil as tightly as possible. Put the red mullet for 20 minutes in pre-heated to 120 degrees oven. When baking the mullet gives all its delicious taste – juicy, tender – without a trace. Serve the finished fish in foil.