Whole fish stuffed with walnuts and dried fruits

Whole fish stuffed with walnuts and dried fruit

Main dishes

A whole fish, stuffed with walnuts, onions, dried sour cherries, and grapes. It is then wrapped and baked in the oven until the flesh is tender.

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“Balıq levengi” is a signature dish of Azerbaijani cuisine. The kutum, a firm-fleshed fish, is particularly well-suited for this preparation.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodOven baking

Ingredients

2 people
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Directions

  1. Clean the whole fish, gut it, and rinse it thoroughly. ≈ 8 min
  2. Sauté the onion in the melted butter until softened, then add the chopped walnuts.
  3. Add the chopped, pickled cherries and grapes. Mix to form a filling. ≈ 4 min
  4. Season the inside of the fish, stuff it with this mixture, and then bake it. ≈ 10 min
  5. Bake in the oven until the fish is cooked through.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 253 g of fresh kutum, whole
  • 50 g of shelled walnuts
  • 30 grams of onion
  • 10 g of melted butter
  • 25 g of zoogal (dried sour cherry), soaked
  • 50 grams of grapes
  • salt, to taste

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