Getting a carcass of fresh or fresh-frozen mackerel, do not miss the chance to cook it in the oven. The dense flesh of fish perfectly retains moisture and does not disintegrate during cooking, and therefore it turns out juicy even in those cases when you have lost a little with time. True, the probability of the latter is sharply reduced due to our detailed recipes for mackerel baked in the oven, which this material is devoted to.
Recipe for mackerel baked in the oven
If you have not cooked a fish with spices, then try the recipe shown below. A little muscat, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and citrus make mackerel a fine pair.
Ingredients:
- mackerel - 2 carcass;
- nutmeg - pinch;
- cloves - 4 buds;
- ground ginger, cinnamon - 1/4 tsp.
- pepper peas - 6-8 pieces;
- orange - 2 slices;
- lemon - 4 slices;
- olive oil - 15 ml.
Preparation
Gut the fish and thoroughly rinse the abdominal cavity. In the mortar rub out the buds of a carnation with peas of pepper, and mix the obtained powder with muscat, ginger and cinnamon. Add to the spicy mixture a good pinch of salt and grate it with fish from the outside and inside. Put a couple of slices of orange and lemon in the abdominal cavity of the mackerel, then leave the carcasses in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes. While the mackerel is soaked with the aromas of spices, set the oven temperature at 200 degrees. Place the pan with fish in a preheated oven, pre-sprinkling mackerel with oil. 20 minutes and you can start tasting.
Mackerel baked in the oven with vegetables
If you still give preference to the classics, then stop at the recipe for mackerel baked on a vegetable pillow. A few spicy herbs and balsamic vinegar will give the dish a distinct but not too sharp taste and aroma.
Ingredients:
- mackerel - 950 g;
- olive oil - 35 ml;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- a bunch of parsley and chives;
- branches of rosemary - 2 pcs .;
- fennel - 2 onions;
- potatoes - 850 g;
- Balsamic vinegar - 15 ml.
Preparation
Bring salted water to boil and boil potato tubers in it for no more than 10 minutes. Gutted and washed fish carcass pour oil, season with freshly ground pepper and large sea salt, and in the abdomen cavity put a couple of branches of rosemary, a little lemon, onions and parsley. If necessary, fix the abdominal wall with toothpicks.
Before tasty bake mackerel, preheat the oven to 200 degrees. When the temperature mark is reached, place a pan with potatoes and fennel in the cabinet for 20 minutes. After a while, put the fish over the vegetables and return the pan to the oven for the same period of time. Ready mackerel, baked in the oven with potatoes, serve, sprinkling with the remaining greens.
Stuffed mackerel baked in the oven
Would you like to serve a more exquisite fish dish? Then prepare the stuffed mackerel in the Spanish manner: with prawns, hot sausages and tomatoes.
Ingredients:
- mackerel - 690 g;
- basil leaves - 20 pieces;
- tomatoes - 440 g;
- butter - 75 g;
- shrimp - 380 g;
- sharp sausages - 85 g;
- vegetable oil - 35 ml;
- slices of lemon - 4 pcs .;
- dry white wine - 85 ml.
Preparation
Finely cut the tomatoes with the peeled shrimp tails and sausages, mix all the ingredients together, lightly salted if the salinity of the sausages is not enough, and then combine it with butter and fill the purified abdominal cavity with the mixture. Together with the filling, put slices of lemon. Place the fish on a baking tray, pour oil and put on baking for 20-25 minutes at 195 degrees. 5 minutes before cooking, pour the mackerel with white wine and allow the liquid to evaporate.