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