Caviar
Acipenser spp. · Seafood
Top 10 pairings
Glossy grey-to-black pearls of lightly salted sturgeon eggs that pop with brine, butter and cream. A luxury garnish served chilled on blini with crème fraîche, on toast or alone. Salmon or trout eggs are roe, not caviar.
Picking a good onedrag
Just opened, glossy and firmOff: flat, sticky, sour or rancid
Glossy and firmBuy itChill it; salt won't stop Listeria. Pregnant, over 65 or low immunity? Buy pasteurised.
The eggsGlossy, round, a stray broken egg
The popHolds round, a gentler pop
Smell at the open tinMild and briny, nothing sharp