Stuffed Baked Pike

== Description ==
In Romanian: Stiuca umpluta la cuptor
== Ingredients ==
* 1 pike (approx. 2 lbs / 1 kg)
* 2 tablespoons oil 
* crustless slice of white bread
* 2 onions
* 3 tablespoons oil
* 3 eggs
* salt
* pepper
* 1 carrot
* 1 onion
* 1 beet
* 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
* lemon
* hard-boiled egg, sliced for garnish
* mustard sauce
== Directions ==
# Clean and wash the pike and remove its head.
# Starting from the head, skin the carefully. If there remains any meat sticking to the skin, scrape with a knife.
# Salt and skin and leave aside.
# Debone the and grind it with the milk (or water) moistened bread and with the finely chopped and oil fried onion.
# Add salt, pepper, a teaspoon of chopped parsley and two beaten eggs to the mixture.
# Mix well and stuff the pike skin (do not overstuff or it may burst while boiling).
# Make small balls from the remaining mixture.
# Arrange the stuffed fish and head, a whole onion, the thinly sliced carrot and beet in the baking dish. 
# Add 2 tablespoons of oil and set in the oven to bake. 
# Every now and then, baste with the oil in the dish. 
# When ready, remove from the baking dish, arrange on a long platter, and after it has cooled off, slice into finger thick slices and put them all together to give the illusion of a whole fish. 
# Place the in its place and garnish with slices of hard boiled egg. 
# Serve with mustard sauce.
Category:Romanian Meat Dishes
Category:Pike Recipes
Category:Bread Recipes
Category:Egg Recipes
Category:Carrot Recipes
Category:Onion Recipes
Category:Beet Recipes
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