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Ella’s 3-Minute Mahi Caviar Recipe | Fresh Catch, Big Smiles Aboard Mirage
January 7, 2026 · 3 min · 838 views
Seasoning fresh mahi caviar aboard SY Mirage
What this video covers
The crew of Mirage catches their first mahi-mahi in seven years of boat ownership — a female carrying roe — and Ella prepares the roe as cured caviar on board.0:06 The fish is identified as a female once cleaned, yielding a substantial quantity of roe.0:06 The recipe begins with rinsing the roe, then soaking it for 15 minutes in 50°C (122°F) water with non-iodized salt — sea salt specifically — which whitens and loosens the membrane.1:05 Ella then scrapes the roe free from the membrane by hand, a step she notes is non-trivial for a first attempt.1:39 The cleaned roe gets a light dusting of coarse salt, a brief stir, and rests in a container for 30 minutes.2:14 Serving suggestion: raw with onion (white or green) and olive oil, paired with wine.3:00 The finished product draws an immediate positive tasting reaction from the crew.3:19 Non-iodized salt is flagged as essential; iodized salt is explicitly ruled out for this preparation.1:34
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