How to Eat Caviar Correctly

Caviar, or the roe of certain fish such as sturgeon or beluga, is a fine delicacy that is eaten all over the world. Caviar's subtle and delicate taste make correctly eating the food an important part of enjoying the experience. Also, the famously high price and social emphasis placed on caviar makes eating caviar correctly that much more important.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Eat it simply. Most caviar connoisseurs agree that caviar, especially the good stuff, should be both served and eaten simply. Eating the roe without any kind of garnish is the purest way to go. However, to ease the taste, you can spread a teaspoon of caviar over some lightly toasted bread or a high quality cracker.

2. Take it in small amounts. Taking helpings of a teaspoon or two at a time will help you savor the taste of the food. Also, if you're eating caviar at a social gathering, it's often considered rude or incorrect to take large portions of the caviar at a single time, so keep each helping teaspoon-sized.

3. Add cream or lemon. Within the caviar loving world there is considerable debate about garnishes and side dishes such as lemon or cream. The only way for you to decide on the issue is to try it yourself. Start off with creme fraiche on the side. You can add a tiny dollop of the cream on top of the caviar. Also try a small squeeze of lemon to amplify the caviar's flavor.

4. Cook with it. If you want to try a different take on eating caviar, you can use it as an ingredient in other dishes. Look to inexpensive caviar such as capelin or whitefish caviar so you can incorporate the food into fish dishes or use the caviar as an elegant garnish to dishes such as steak. While there is no correct way to cook with caviar, just remember that the caviar should be prominent enough in the dish to still be tasted.

Tips & Warnings

• Use a bone spoon to serve yourself caviar. Metallic utensils interfere with the caviar's intense but delicate flavor.

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[Caviarist]

on 11/24/2008 Thx for the tips! Let me just point out that Beluga IS in fact a sturgeon species. One of 27. And teaspoon sized caviar portions makes me remember to a statement of a russian friend who said: Eating caviar with a teaspoon is wrong. It is like serving beer in a glass of vodka. And please, please, don't put lemon on caviar!!! Never ever. Crème fraîche or sour cream is a-ok. For more infos about caviar and sturgeons. Go to caviarist.com, caviar.fm or to the worlds first premium caviar brand: zwyercaviar.com.
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