Roe
As Roe all of the mature eggs of female fish and other marine animals such as sea urchins monozygotic, prawns and mussels is called. Female fish are called in the jargon spawners. Like other seafood it is both cooked and raw used for many different dishes. The roe of the sturgeon is called a ( real ) Caviar and marketed as a delicacy.
The fish is usually killed for the recovery of the roe ( esp. the caviar ), but sometimes sutured after a caesarean section and into the water reset.
After selling the eggs into the water is called spawning. Before spawning, the eggs can make up a quarter of the total body weight of a Rogeners.
Use
Japan
In Japanese cuisine, a large number of different varieties used, including the following, which are mainly used raw in sushi:
- Ikura (いくら) - salmon roe. Large, red - orange single balls. Since salmon eggs are also used as bait for fishing, anglers are often put off if they Ikura is served first.
- Kazunoko (数の子/鯑) - Herring roe, yellow or pale pink. Is firm and rubbery surface and appearance and is usually inserted. The roe is a single coherent mass and looks like a piece of fish.
- Mentaiko (明 太子) - Alaska pollock roe seasoned with peppers and wrapped with a thin, elastic membrane. Mentaiko is usually pink to dark red.
- Tarako (たらこ) - Salted Alaska pollock roe, sometimes grilled.
- Tobiko (飛び子) - roe of flying fish, very crunchy, reddish orange.
- Uni (うに,云 丹) - sea urchin roe, soft and melting, from orange to pale yellow in color. Either raw or lightly cooked. In Chile, as " erizo " known. Is traditionally viewed as an aphrodisiac.
- Karasumi (カラスミ,鱲 子) - Salted and sun dried mullet roe. Is a specialty of Nagasaki and along with sea urchin roe and Konowata one of the three Japanese chinmi.
Sweden
Paste consisting of smoked and salted cod roe and is normally used as a spread. It is very popular in Sweden.
Denmark
Besides cod roe especially of the sea hare is ( stenbider ) used in many ways in the Danish kitchen whether. Onto hard-boiled eggs, as a garnish for shrimp or in combination with other fish or seafood
Greece
Taramas is the salted and smoked roe of carp. It is used to produce Taramosalata, a Greek and Turkish appetizer, consisting of Taramas mixed with lemon juice, bread crumbs, onion and olive oil.
Italy
Bottarga is the salted and dried roe pouch of tuna or mullet and is eaten as an appetizer or with pasta.
Iran
In the Caspian provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran different roe types are used. Ashpal (or Ashbal ) is usually dried, salted or mixed with other ingredients. He is cured or dried genutzt.Gekocht as a spice or mixed with eggs and fried and cooked to a court, it is called Ashpal Kuku.
In addition to genuine caviar the roe of the Black Sea roach achieved (also known as Caspian white fish or Rutilus Frisii Kutum ), the roach ( " coolie " in Gilaki ), the bream ( " Kulmeh " in Gilaki ) and Caspian salmon maximum prices. Roe of carp is less common, and sometimes the bar is being used.
India ( Kerala and West Bengal ) and Bangladesh
Hilsarogen is considered in West Bengal and Bangladesh, as an exceptional delicacy. Normally, the roe is deep fried, although other ways of preparing such, pureed roe ', in which the roe is crushed along with oil, onions and pepper, or roe curry ' are known. In Kerala it is fried in coconut oil. The tribal population is over the fire (like marshmallows ) roasted roe delicacies. However, the roe -bearing fish, compared with other, less palatable. Also, the roe of Rohu is fried or used as a filling for fried snake gourd as potoler dolma.
Taiwan
Chinese乌鱼 子/乌鱼 子, pinyin Wūyúzi, W.-G. Uütsu is the salted and dried roe of mullet bag and eaten with leek, radish or apple.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom is mainly used milt (soft roe soft roe literally ). In addition, one finds in many British supermarkets herring roe. Pureed cod roe can be purchased mainly in the area around London in many fish-and - chips - stalls.