How to Make Caviar on Rye Toast with Yuzu Cream

The salty, yet sweet flavor of high-quality caviar invades your mouth as the tiny eggs pop their delicate skins. The yuzu citrus crème fraiche and rye toast play up the unique flavor of the caviar.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 jar sevruga or osetra caviar
• 1 cup crème fraiche
• 2 teaspoons yuzu juice
• 1 package unflavored rye toast squares
• Sevruga or osetra caviar
• Crème fraiche
• Yuzu juice
• Unflavored rye toast squares
• Small bowl
• Platter
• Ice
• Bone or mother-of-pearl spoon
• Lemon juice (in place of yuzu)

1. Refrigerate the caviar until serving time.

2. In a small bowl, mix the crème fraiche with the yuzu juice.

3. Taste the mixture--you should only taste a hint of the yuzu juice. If the yuzu is too strong, add more crème fraiche.

4. To make crème fraiche, please see the related articles section below.

5. Cover the crème fraiche mixture and refrigerate until you are ready to serve.

6. Place the caviar jar in a flat bowl and surround it with ice, then place on a platter. Serve the caviar with a small bone or mother-of-pearl spoon.

7. Add the crème fraiche bowl to the platter.

8. Lay out the rye squares decoratively around the caviar and crème fraiche bowls on the platter. The toasts should not exceed 1 inch square so the appetizers are bite-size.

9. Serve and enjoy.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are unsure as to what type of caviar to serve your guests, visit your local caviar or exotic foods seller. A good merchant will allow you to sample the goods to ensure you are purchasing the perfect caviar.
• Sevruga caviar has a distinctive creamy flavor while osetra has a nutty tone. Choose the type that best suits your taste.
• Beluga caviar is no longer imported due to falling numbers of beluga sturgeon.
• You can use domestic caviar, though the complicated flavors will not be as noticeable.
• You can keep caviar refrigerated for 1 week.
• Caviar is served with bone or mother-of-pearl spoons because metal spoons taint the pure taste of the caviar. If you have nothing else, use plastic spoons.
• You can buy caviar spoons at well-stocked kitchen supply stores.
• Yuzu is an East Asian fruit with a taste similar to grapefruit and lemon. The juice is very tart, but it has a small amount of sweetness as well.
• You can buy whole yuzu fruit or bottled yuzu juice from a well-stocked Asian markets. You can also search online for bottled juice.
• If you buy a whole yuzu, the rind of the fruit is extremely thick. One fruit will yield approximately 4 tablespoons of juice.
• You can substitute 1 teaspoon of lemon juice for the yuzu juice, though the flavor will differ from the original recipe.

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