In addition to several types of black caviar, the monastery was selling sturgeon, beluga, starry sturgeon (sevruga) and other fish. In the 17th century the Trinity Sergius Lavra annually bought 10 ...
Caviar there is harvested with the classic Russian and Iranian technique, which involves killing the fish and then extracting the eggs. Other farms are exploring a different technique, which doesn ...
Consequently, environmentally-minded chefs and consumers have been exploring other types of fish roe as an alternative. ‘Avruga’ is a caviar substitute made from herring roe; lumpfish roe and ...