Mackerel – a useful saltwater fish. It is appreciated the low cost, almost total absence of bones and also the useful minerals, vitamins and minerals which are its part. It is possible to prepare a house mackerel in any way – to cook, fry, extinguish, bake, to preserve and to pickle, of course.
The recipe of pickling of the frozen mackerel
It will be required to you:
- frozen mackerel, 3 pieces; - onions, 1 head;
- garlic, 3 cloves; - sugar, 1 h spoon; - salt, 1 tablespoon; - vinegar (9%), 3 tablespoons; - vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons; - sprinkling pepper, 1 pinch; - bell pepper, 6 pieces; - bay leaf, 5 pieces.
Carefully wash out a mackerel, clean from scales and cut on large pieces, put in a deep saucepan. During this time fish shouldn't be defrozen. Small cut a bulb and crush garlic, put to fish. Add salt, sugar, vinegar, oil and spices there, mix. Fish spread out on banks (or put in one big) and remove during cold for day.
Recipe of pickling of fillet of a mackerel
For this purpose the following components will be required: - mackerel, 1 piece; - salt, 1 tablespoon; - sugar, 1 h spoon; - garlic, 2 segments; - spices: bell pepper, a thyme, rosemary, to taste. Wash out a mackerel, remove an entrails and a chord with bones.
Quickly to remove a chord, it is necessary to make a small section along a backbone.
Cut fish on two parts and by means of tweezers remove the remained small stones. Mix salt, sugar and spices in a separate bowl, divide into three equal parts. In the extended container lay fish as follows: mix of spices – a half of fish – mix of spices – the second half of fish – mix of spices. Remove a container in the fridge at least for day.
The more the big fish by the sizes, the longer she has to stay in the fridge.
Through necessary time get a mackerel, merge liquid, wash out fish from various impurity under cool water. Wrap up each half of fish in a foil, place in a container, strong close a cover and remove during cold for a week. The ready marinated mackerel is stored in the fridge.
Recipe of pickling of a mackerel pieces
For preparation of fish according to this recipe of the house will be required: - mackerel, 3 pieces; - vinegar (3%), 2 h spoon; - salt, 1 tablespoon; - sugar, 1 tablespoon; - vegetable oil, 100 ml; - sprinkling pepper, 1 pinch; - mustard, 1 h spoon; - fennel. At a mackerel it is necessary to cut off a tail, the head, fins, and to clean the rest from scales, internals, bones. Cut fish on large pieces. In the extended container to lay out pieces of fish, laying between them layers from small cut fennel. Mix the remained ingredients and to fill in with the received sauce a mackerel from above. Close a container and leave it in cold for 4 hours.