I have a large whole salmon (gutted - no smart **** replies please) I bought it from my local supermarket, £10 - bargain!!!
I'm never going to eat it all at once. How can I best cut, prepare and keep it for later consumption? Thanks for your time
2006-12-19 07:03:56 · 8 answers · asked by rob s 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
I would fillet it as someone mentioned before and then cut it into 4 and freeze 3 of them. As long as the fish is fresh, it should be fine to freeze and use whenever. Although it's not hard to fillet a salmon, it's very hard to tell you how to do it. Next time you buy from the supermarket, ask them to fillet the fish for you and ask if you can watch while they're doing it, after that you can do it yourself. I know that Morrisons would be fine doing this for you because I used to work there and that's where I learnt to fillet, skin and gut a fish.
2006-12-19 07:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by nooka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would cut it into cutlets: use a sharp knife and with the fish belly down, cut hard through the back. Each cutlet should be half inch to three quarter inch thick. Leave the end as one piece. It is obviously a farmed fish so you will need some seasoning, some herbs and a light dusting of flour. Fry in oil or butter until it suits your taste. Those you do not intend to use may be frozen before flouring. (put 2 in each freezer bag). You may be disappointed due to lack of flavour of farm reared salmon.......
2006-12-19 07:22:15 · answer #2 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on what you want to do with it. Personally I would take the fillets off of the bone so you have two nice whole fillets. Then I would portion them out into individual servings. Then use what you're going to use, and freeze the rest. Later you can defrost what you want to use.
2006-12-19 07:09:09 · answer #3 · answered by yblur 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if it is fresh then you can freeze it once you have cut it into as many portions as you want.
the best way to cut it is take the head off and then cut the salmon into darns, this is straight through giving you salmon steaks.
to coo them you should grill them with black pepper and lemon juice and serve them with a hollandaise sauce. i wish i was coming around for dinner.
hope this helps.
2006-12-19 07:13:40 · answer #4 · answered by ali0995@btinternet.com 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Slice it in to 4 portions, put 3 of them, wrapped in grease proof paper and pop them in the freezer!!!
2006-12-19 07:10:15 · answer #5 · answered by Old Man of Coniston!. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cut as much as you need then freeze the rest.
2006-12-19 08:03:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what u need to do is cook it all, eat as much as u can then throw it up and start over again
2006-12-19 07:06:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
freeze it or cure it.
2006-12-19 07:06:30 · answer #8 · answered by clusp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋