As a rule, people are used to eating mackerel in smoked form. However, if this fish is baked or fried, you can get no less delicious dish. This fish is quite budgetary in contrast to salmon or tuna, while not inferior in the level of benefits and nutrients.
If you do not know what kind of festive fish dish to serve to guests, it is worth thinking about recipes for cooking mackerel. The fish contains many vitamins, from A to E, lots of Omega-3 acids and minerals. In winter time, mackerel will be an indispensable companion of a strong immunity.
Many people believe that they do not know how to cook mackerel. However, there is nothing complicated in the preparation of fish. Let’s show one of the ways of baking mackerel.
Ingredients for baked mackerel:
- mackerel – 2 pcs;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- seasoning for fish;
- ground coriander;
- ground pepper;
- lemon juice;
- vegetable oil;
- carrots – 2 pcs;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise – 3 tbsp;
- eggplant – 2 pcs;
- dried garlic;
- paprika;
- tomato – 5 pcs.
Preparation of baked mackerel:
Remove the mackerel from the backbone with two longitudinal cuts. Thanks to this opening take out the insides and gills, rinse the fish thoroughly.
The resulting boats of fish sprinkle with salt, fish seasoning, ground coriander and pepper. Pour lemon juice and vegetable oil into the fish, leave to marinate. Grate
carrots on a coarse grater, grate garlic on a fine grater, mix. Salt the carrots, dress with mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.
Put the carrots inside the fish.
Cut eggplants lengthwise up to the stalk, but not all the way through. Make similar cuts all around the perimeter of the eggplants. Salt them, sprinkle them with dried garlic, paprika and coriander
. Put the fish and eggplants in the spices on a baking tray. We make cross cuts on tomatoes, put them to the eggplants and mackerel. Water the vegetables with vegetable oil.
Bake the fish under moistened parchment at 200 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
After cooking, you can sprinkle the carrot stuffing with cheese and send the fish to bake for an additional 15 minutes.
The fish with vegetables is excellent.
