Cooking Time
48 h.
Serves
12
Difficulty
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It is very easy to make salted mackerel in brine yourself, you just need to be brave once. The taste of home-salted fish cannot be compared to industrially processed ones. After all, you can add exactly as many spices and seasonings as needed, make the marinade more salty or add vinegar or lemon juice to it. In this process, it is very important to maintain the proportion so that the result does not surprise everyone. We are going to salt the fish whole. Each one should weigh about 300 g. Fish that are too small may turn out dry. If you want to cut the fish into pieces, it will take less time to salt (about 12-18 hours). The fish can be served with sliced onion rings and drizzled with a bit of aromatic vegetable oil.
Total Ingredients: 9
Serves:
Mackerel in oil - 4 pcs.
Water - 1 l
Sugar - 60 g
Salt - 125 g
Mustard - 3 g
Rape-soybean oil - 40 ml
Pepper black peas - 12 pcs.
Long black pepper - 3 pcs.
Bay leaf - 5 pcs.
Serves:
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Fat
134г
🍚
Carbohydrates
489г
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Proteins
150г
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Kcal
Prepare all the ingredients for cooking salted mackerel in brine. If the fish was frozen, defrost it in advance. Cut off the head and tail, remove the entrails. Rinse the carcass.
Depending on the size of the container, more or less brine may be needed. For example, in a 1.5–1.7 liter jar, 1 liter of brine is enough. If you need more brine, increase the amount of ingredients proportionally.
Prepare the brine. Pour drinking water into the pan, add sugar, salt and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, pour in vegetable oil and cool.
Place the mackerel carcasses tightly in a container or jar of a suitable size. If the fish is large, the carcass can be cut crosswise in half or cut into pieces.
Then add all the spices to the fish (mustard, black and allspice, bay leaf) and pour in the cooled brine. It should completely cover the carcass. Cover the container with a lid and refrigerate for 2 days.
Serve the fish with mashed potatoes or whole potatoes, or use it as an appetizer for a celebration or every day. Store leftover mackerel in the refrigerator.
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