Christmas Carp Recipe in Two Variants

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Do you know the Christmas calendar?

I don’t mean the tapestry with chocolate filling.

It’s about the dates around Christmas until New Year’s Eve.

So it’s the time of classic madness. Hehe, of course these days are also super beautiful.

You and I finally have plenty of time for the family.

But what is this time filled with? Of course with a lot of hearty food with red cabbage – here it goes to the grandiose recipe red cabbage from me – and meat.

The whole poultry is great, but after the 2nd goose and the duck and the turkey our stomach wants to feel something different.

I have developed a great alternative for you:

The Christmas carp breaded prepared or the carp in the batter!

This is a real change on your plate. The best thing about it is that the fresh water fish is available fresh everywhere.

Are you ready? Then I’ll introduce you to the successful carp preparation, step by step.

1. Recipe Christmas Carp

Here now the detail recipe with all quantity specifications.

I wish you good luck!

Christmas Carp

Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.

Servings 2
Calories 539
Total Time 20 Min.
Preparation Time 20 Min.
Cook Time 0 Min.

Simple guide to prepare baked Christmas carp in two variants.

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Christmas Carp Recipe Image
Christmas Carp Recipe Image © Thomas Sixt

Ingredients

For the Carp Breaded or Baked Dough

400 g carp fillet (have the fishmonger prepare it for you)
some Salt
some Pepper
some sweet paprika powder
some lemon juice (acidify the fish JUST BEFORE the breading)
250 g vegetable fat or oil (to bake)

Carp Bread the Ingredients:

100 g flour
1-2 pc eggs
100 g breadcrumbs (please use fine breadcrumbs!)
150 g clarified butter or oil

Carp in the Baking Dough the Ingredients for Wine or Beer Dough

100 g flour
1 pc egg
80-100 ml milk (or prepare as follows with beer or wine:)
beer (prepared with beer a beer dough is created)
or white wine (prepared with white wine, wine dough is formed)

Instruction

Carp fillet
Carp fillet prepared for kitchen

Wash the fish briefly under cold water and dab it dry with a paper towel.

Cut the fish into plate portions, approx. 12 cm * 5 cm.

Mix egg for breading
Mix egg for breading

Breading Variant

Prepare your breading line:

–> 1st plate flour,

–> 2nd plate whisked egg,

–> 3rd plate breadcrumbs or breadcrumbs.

Season the carp with salt, pepper and Secret TIP: some paprika powder noble sweet.

Acid the fish – short before breading – with some lemon juice.

Bread the carp in the following order: flour – egg – breadcrumbs.

Fry the fish portions in enough clarified butter or rapeseed oil in a pan until golden yellow.

Baking dough
Baking dough

Variant Baking Dough

Cover the carp pieces with the hands with flour.

Flour extracts the moisture and later provides a crispy coating or sticks the batter.

Place the floured carp pieces on an extra plate and add an egg, salt, pepper and some milk to the remaining flour.

Use a whisk to mix a creamy, not too thick batter.

Put plenty of vegetable fat or rapeseed oil in a deep pan or wok.

Bake the fish portions in very hot fat until golden yellow.

Christmas carp in batter
Christmas carp in batter

You can keep both types of carp fillet warm in the oven at 120°C for 10-15 minutes after baking.

As a side dish to the carp in batter I recommend you a

–> potato salad with mayonnaise.

 

Christmas carp
Christmas carp breaded fish

As a side dish to the breaded and baked carp I recommend you a

–> Classic potato salad with vinegar and oil.

Courses

2. Nutritional Values

3. Tips for Preparing Christmas Carp

The carp is available as sweetwater fish at every good fishmonger around Christmas time.

The carp is available as a whole fish and the carp as a fillet.

If I only get the fish from the dealer as a whole, I have the fish filleted by the fish market pros there right away, desquamated and deboned.

That saves me a lot of work at home.

Professional star chef tip: Let the fish dealer peel off the carp’s skin!

Tip from Chef Thomas Sixt

The carp has a limited shelf life and spoils relatively quickly.

The fish should be consumed quickly within two days.

Carp fillet prepared ready for consumption

4. Breading Variant for Christmas Carp

Once you have caught a super carp fillet of fish – if possible without skin – it’s time to prepare and carry out the breading.

  1. Wash the fish briefly under cold water and dab it finely dry with kitchen paper.
  2. Cut the fish into plate portions, approx. 12 cm * 5 cm.
  3. Prepare your breading line: 1st plate flour, 2nd plate whisked egg, 3rd plate breadcrumbs or breadcrumbs.
  4. Season the carp with salt, pepper and GEHEIMTIPP: some paprika powder nobly sweet.
  5. Acid the fish – short before breading – with a little lemon juice.
  6. Bread the carp in the following order: flour – egg – breadcrumbs.
  7. Fry the fish portions in enough clarified butter or rapeseed oil in a pan until golden yellow.

If you have any questions about breading, have a look at the Wiener Schnitzel.

There you will find the step-by-step instructions for perfect breading, even with instructive pictures.

Christmas carp

Delicious carp with remoulade and homemade potato salad

5. Variant for Christmas Carp in Baked Dough

Another possibility of preparing carp is the carp in the baking dough.

  1. Wash the fish briefly under cold water and dab it finely dry with kitchen paper.
  2. Cut the fish into plate portions, approx. 12 cm * 5 cm.
  3. Cover the carp pieces with flour with your hands. 
  4. Flour pulls out the moisture and later ensures that the baking dough sticks.
  5. Place the floured carp pieces on an extra plate and add an egg, salt, pepper and some milk to the remaining flour.
  6. Use a whisk to mix a creamy, not too thick batter.
  7. Put plenty of vegetable fat or rapeseed oil in a deep pan or wok.
  8. Bake the fish portions in very hot fat until golden yellow.
The remaining flour is simply used for the baking dough.
Young garlic fried fresh and crispy.
At best, the dough should be without lumps, with gluten-free flour it’s not that easy.

On the plate you can then serve the fish with a lemon, remoulade and a homemade potato salad. The result is impressive.

Christmas carp in in baked dough with fine potato salad and remoulade

6. Side Dishes with Breaded Carp or Carp in Baking Dough

Great side dishes to my Christmas carp are a fresh green salad, potato salad, remoulade and lemon.

7. More Ideas for Christmas

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