Thursday, April 01, 2010

The Art of Serving Caviar

Caviar, as role as the leading delicacy of kings, emperors and other heads of state stretches all the way back to the Persian empire and, Awake of Power, AU day delectable Sturgeon Roe. What as hard to come by, even harder to pay for and what many people may not realize, hard to cook and servers. 

The most important thing to remember is that once you buy caviar, you have a limited window to use it. Fresh caviar is good for more than four weeks. But if you decide to purchase pasteurized product, you Atoll be safe for a while longer. Once opened, however, you Atoll will use your caviar as quickly as possible, within a few days at most. 
As for taste, caviar is a very fickle food. What as incredibly tasteful, evoking every response in the various arenas of your tongue. But you Atoll want to be sure that when you serve it to guests, you don, AOT disrupt that taste by drowning it. 

The best way to serve your caviar is to leave it in the tin around it with ice. If you try to take it out and pretty it up, you risk breaking the grain and lose flavor before it even reaches your mouth. Secondly, you want to be sure what you earn it doesn't, AOT outweigh its taste. 

As a hors d Oeuvre it is best served at slightly toasted bread or biscuits, usually with butter. You don AOT want bread or cracker to be too hard or you will risk losing taste again. There is a widespread misconception that serving caviar with eggs or other strong tastes sour cream or yogurt is a good choice, but more often than not you'll only succeed completely drown out the taste of your caviar in doing so. 

As for drinks, there are a few different opinions on the matter. Firstly there is the classic choice of Champagne with your caviar. Many consider it to be too sweet, but again takes away from the taste of caviar, but the tradition is old and so is also the draw of the tradition. Vodka is another traditional pairing, cleaning your palate every time to taste all different flavors. 

Caviar is a delicacy by the highest order, and therefore it as foreseeable to be confused or even nervous about how best to serve it. There are many aspects to take into account, its freshness, its taste, the aftertaste, and how strong the other flavors come across. Keep all these in mind when serving to get the most and best out of your caviar.

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