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Bulgarian pike stuffed with peanuts and raisins

Bulgarian pike stuffed with peanuts and raisins

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A Bulgarian-style pike: the skin, removed entirely, is filled with the chopped flesh, mixed with chopped onion, ground peanuts, grapes, and nutmeg, and th…

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Recipe from Ted Masters, Spiritia, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This recipe requires a bit of skill: the pike’s flesh is removed while keeping the skin intact, and then the fish is reassembled with a sweet and savory filling. It is served with wild mushrooms.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time1 hr
  • Cook time40 min
  • Total1 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyHard
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$2.15 $0.54 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.25
  • $0.38
  • $0.21
  • $0.27
  • $0.14
  • $0.17
  • $0.73

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Remove the scales by starting with the gills. Make an incision around the entire fish, cut through the central spine, then remove the flesh while keeping the skin intact, attached to the head; cut the spines on the fins and tail to make the process easier. ≈ 8 min
  2. Clean the flesh, lightly poach it to separate it from the bones, then finely chop it, season it with salt, and brown it in a frying pan with the chopped onion. If the amount of flesh seems insufficient, add some from another type of river fish.
  3. Add the lightly ground peanuts, grapes, nutmeg, and a pinch of pepper to the mortar; if the peanuts are salted, add only a very small amount of salt. ≈ 2 min
  4. Garnish the skin of this fish and reshape it so that it appears whole. ≈ 10 min
  5. Grease it and bake it in the oven in a dish with a little oil and a glass of white wine, or grill it.
  6. Serve with sautéed wild mushrooms and a mushroom sauce. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Bulgarian pike stuffed with peanuts and raisins

  • 50 g of roasted peanuts$0.25
  • 50 grams of grapes$0.38
  • 1 onion$0.21
  • black pepper and salt$0.27
  • flour$0.14
  • oil$0.17
  • One glass of white wine$0.73

Total$2.15

that's $0.54 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • One medium-sized pike
  • 50 g of roasted peanuts
  • 50 grams of grapes
  • 1 onion
  • A pinch of nutmeg
  • black pepper and salt
  • flour
  • oil
  • One glass of white wine
  • Wild mushrooms (oyster mushrooms or chanterelles), for serving

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