On 7/8/2016 at 11:27 PM, liuzhou said:In a moment of utter madness, I picked up this 600g fish ovary in one of the local supermarkets (which doesn't sell fish!) I strongly suspect it is carp; certainly a fresh water fish.
Only when I got home did I think "What the heck do I do with this, then?"
I am no fisherman and though I've often eaten caviare, salmon roe, cod roe, lumpfish and crab roe etc., etc., But, I've never prepared it from scratch. and I've never knowingly eaten carp roe.
So, if you can please help a roe rookie. What would you do with this?
Looks like the pale white cousin of shad roe.
Typically, I prepare shad roe by frying it in a little butter, seasoned with salt and pepper. Squeeze of lemon on the side.
I don't know if that would work here.
ETA that Crepes has already addressed this issue. Good luck and pls let us know how it tastes.