During the breeding season of the grey mullet, since late August until mid-September, fishing begins in the “Ivaria” – natural lagoon fisheries – where fish are raised in a controlled environment without human intervention.
- The two longitudinal cylindrical pods with the eggs are carefully removed from the fish belly, any scratch can cause irreparable damage to the product.
- The botargo is rinsed with plenty of water and thoroughly cleaned.
- It is salted according to its weight.
- It, also, gets rinsed from salt, mold and then its dried in especially designed dryers and controlled conditions.
- The wax process follows, by dipping the fish roe in a clean liquefied beeswax to increase shelf life.
- Finally, the botargo bars are placed in luxurious packaging (each pack starts from 100 grams and goes up to one kilo) and go to your cuisine.
During the breeding season of the grey mullet, since late August until mid-September, fishing begins in the “Ivaria” – natural lagoon fisheries – where fish are raised in a controlled environment without human intervention.
- The two longitudinal cylindrical pods with the eggs are carefully removed from the fish belly, any scratch can cause irreparable damage to the product.
- The botargo is rinsed with plenty of water and thoroughly cleaned.
- It is salted according to its weight.
- It, also, gets rinsed from salt, mold and then its dried in especially designed dryers and controlled conditions.
- The wax process follows, by dipping the fish roe in a clean liquefied beeswax to increase shelf life.
- Finally, the botargo bars are placed in luxurious packaging (each pack starts from 100 grams and goes up to one kilo) and go to your cuisine
- It, also, gets rinsed from salt, mold and then its dried in especially designed dryers and controlled conditions.
- The wax process follows, by dipping the fish roe in a clean liquefied beeswax to increase shelf life.
- Finally, the botargo bars are placed in luxurious packaging (each pack starts from 100 grams and goes up to one kilo) and go to your cuisine.