How to cook crayfish

Cancers are considered a real delicacy in gastronomy, in addition, by taste, they will fight any gourmet. If you have purchased cancers and decided to pamper your relatives and delicacy, then to begin with, you need to understand how to make them correctly.

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A few words about cancer

Cracks are arthropods, they live in the seas and reservoirs with fresh water. Most often we can go river racks. Their size is about 10-15 cm. The caller of such cancer is completely covered with a thick sheath, which nature is endowed with it to protect.

Several times in all your life, cancer his shell drops to update it. Cancers eat Padal and plants, algae ave., That is why only crayfish meat is used, the gastrointestinal organs are not advised to consume.

It is believed that the best cancer is suitable for beer, however, they get gorgeous soups, snacks and hot.

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How to choose crabs for cooking

• Cancers when buying should always be alive, and best, if they are recently from the reservoir. Always watch out how cancers contain in the store, they must float in a large aquarium with cold water. Also allowed storage of cancers in the refrigerator.
• See how cancer behaves. Healthy cancer is very active, he actively mechanics with a cushion, tail, mustache. It is in constant movement and seeks to leave the aquarium. If you see that cancer is very sluggish, it is a bad sign. If the seller argues that cancer in a hibernation, in no case, do not believe. Under no circumstances, do not buy carcasses of dead crayfish.
• Cancers can be sluggish if they are after cooling, for example, in ice. Then yes, their metabolism can be weakened, then the motor activity will be inhibited. But they should move in any case.
• Cancer has a dark green shell, closer to the brownish. It must be homogeneous and without damage.

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Time to buy crayfish

Usually cancers catch in autumn or at the end of summer. In summer, catch them forbidden. It is in autumn that the crayfish will be juicy, tasty and nutritious.

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Methods for storing cancer

Having bought live crayfish, they need to be ready to immediately. If you want to fuck them, then only in the refrigerator and no more than 2 days. You can also store in the freezer, then the shelf life will increase to 3 months.

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Preparation of crayfish for cooking

• After you purchased cancers, shove them into cold water. If you want to make meat cancer gentle, you can put them in the milk.
• Rinse every carcass, removing contaminants, especially on the belly. Please note that live crayfish behave actively, best put on gloves, holding cancer behind your back. Wash produce a brush.

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How much cooking crayfish

Cancer cooking time directly depends on their length. Small cancers are filled quickly, in just 20 minutes. Average for 25 min. Well, big all 30 minutes. For too long a crayfish is not recommended, otherwise the meat will be tough. When cooking, you can navigate the color of cancer - ready to be bright red.

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How to cook crayfish

Simple option

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of crayfish;
• 4 liters of water;
• 3 tbsp.l. salts;
• dill;
• laurel;
• several peas of black peppers;
• lemon.

Cooking:

• We pour water into a saucepan, waiting for boiling, after which we add 3 spoons of salt, pen, laurel, dill and lemon juice.

• Weganize the water with spices for about three minutes, then you can add cancers. After boiling fire, we reflect and prepare until the dishes are fully readily.

Method with Adzhika

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of crayfish;
• 3 l of water;
• 1 tbsp. Adzhika;
• 3 tbsp.l. salts;
• 2 tbsp. sour cream;
• greens - parsley, dill.

Cooking:

• Water is boiled, as soon as it boils, immediately add sour cream, adjika and salt.
• Petrushka and dill are losing weight, after add to broth.

After about 5 minutes, it is possible to launch crayon broth.

We are waiting for water boiling, and after that we put a little fire and wait until the cancers are prepared.

Fashion with beer

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of crayfish;
• one and a half liters of fresh beer;
• 3 tbsp.l. salts;
• one and a half liters of pure water;
• black pepper peas.

Cooking:

• In the pan we pour beer with water, we begin to boil. As the liquid began to pour, add salt and pepper.
• Now, without waiting, you can add crayfish.
• We are waiting for boiling again, after which I climb a little lid, we reduce the fire at a minimum and we prepare the crayfish.
• After readiness, remove the saucepan from the fire and let it breed at least 30 minutes.

Method with milk

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of crayfish;
• 2 l. water;
• 2 l of milk;
• 3 tbsp.l. salts;
• greens - parsley, dill.

Cooking:

• How to prepare crabs for cooking, after which put them in milk for 3-4 hours.
• Raised in water died in milk in the milk, after adding 1.5 spoons of salt into it.
• After cooking, we drain all the water, and poured the milk in which they are soaked, add 1.5 liters of salt. Immerse the whole greens that you have.
• We bring to a boil. And let it breed for about 30 minutes, after which the crayfish can be pulled out.

Method with brine

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of crayfish;
• 3 l. brine from cucumbers;
• 3 l. pure water;
• 4-5 tbsp. sour cream;
• 1 tbsp. salts;
• greens - parsley, dill.

• 1 tablespoon salt;
• greens of dill.

Cooking:

• Water pour into a saucepan, add salt and crayfish to it, cook until readiness.
• After cooking, the water is completely made of pan and pour cancer brine.
• We put on fire and wait when boils.
• Greens are finely rubbing, we send to the brine with crayfish, cook literally 1 min, after removing from the stove.
• Let the rains stand in the brine broth for 15-20 minutes, then you can pull them out.

Method in wine

Ingredients:

• 1 l white wine;
• 1 kg of crayfish;
• 2 l of pure water;
• 3 tbsp.l. salts;
• black pepper peas;
• greens - parsley, dill.

Cooking:

• In the pan, we pour wine and water, put on fire, wait until you boil. After add greens, salt and pen.
• Cancer can be launched in boiling broth.
• I'll cover the saucepan a little with a lid and cook until complete readiness.

Cancer Cooking Tips

• When preparing these arthropods, always use the volumetric package so that the cancers are not crawled out of it.
• You should not fill with crayfish with a pan, they will prepare so badly.
• Salts do not need to regret, the shell is very dense, the salt he misses the salt. Solit at least 1 tbsp. Salts per liter of fluid.
• It is necessary to immerse crayfish with special forceps, so they are not wounded with clans.
• As soon as the cancers are challenging, put them on a large plate, leave to cool, and then you can eat.
• After proveries, the cancer always let them stand a little in broth, at least 15 minutes. So the taste of them will be very rich and bright.