
Appetizers
Asp balyk in a cloth
540 min4 serv.21 февр. 2026 г.
Description
To make it, we only need the fish carcass itself and salt as ingredients. As for auxiliary items, take: twine or an elastic band, and a household cloth (or gauze). Salting takes place over two to three days. It will be great to prepare such fish as an appetizer for a festive table. Serve the appetizer to the table.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1

Clean and gut the fish. Cut off its tail, and slit it from the inside along the backbone on both sides.
- 2
Step 2

Salt the asp well inside, including all the cuts.
- 3
Step 3

Then combine the fish and salt it on the outside.
- 4
Step 4

Now wrap the fish in a clean cloth.
- 5
Step 5

Swaddle it and secure it with a rubber band around the entire perimeter.
- 6
Step 6

Keep the asp in this form for 2–3 days in the refrigerator. The balyk is ready! You can taste it.