Kaluga caviar ◆

Caviar kaluga

What it is

Kaluga is the beluga's eastern cousin, the other giant Huso, native to the Amur and reaching the same grain calibre. Almost all of it now comes from farms at Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, frequently as a cross with the Amur sturgeon — the shift that made China the largest caviar producer in the world.

In the kitchen

Its shell is firmer than beluga's, so it survives contact with something warm: it is the large-grain caviar to spoon over a hot ratte or soft scrambled eggs without the grains collapsing.

Goes with

Ratte potato Egg Thick double cream Chives Butter Lemon

Same species

Beluga caviar

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