Tasty pickled mackerel - recipe for a festive table

Kitchen appliances and utensils: liter jar with a lid, knife, cutting board.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. For cooking, we will use two freshly frozen mackerels. Before pickling, we will remove them from the freezer, let them completely melt. You can also use fresh-frozen fish or take fresh fish, this is at your discretion. If you want the fish to be oily and tasty, when choosing, pay attention to the thickness of its back. The wider the back, the fatter the mackerel will be. Cut off the carcasses of the head, cut the belly along, remove all the insides. Be sure to remove all the films inside, under them will be gore. We wash the carcasses under running water, pat them with paper towels to remove all moisture.
   
2. Now we take a deep dish in which the carcasses of mackerel will fit, and salt. Each salt may need a different amount. Use approximately 2-3 tsp. for one carcass. We rub the fish with salt well, work out the belly inside and put the abdomen down in a bowl, on the bottom of which you also need to pour a little salt. Cover with a lid or cling film, send to the refrigerator and leave for 8 hours or in the room for 4 hours.
   
3. After that we take out the mackerel, wash it under running water from the salt and cut into slices about 2 cm thick.
   
4. We peel the three onions from the peel, rinse them, cut into thin half rings.
   
5. In a liter jar at the bottom we spread a little chopped onion, then firmly put a layer of mackerel. Sprinkle with onion half rings and lay out a layer of mackerel again. So repeat until the bank is full.
   
6. Now prepare the marinade. In 150 ml of vegetable oil, pour two teaspoons of 9% vinegar. If your home has more concentrated vinegar, dilute it with water.
   
7. Here we send one teaspoon of mustard and three teaspoons of sugar, mix well, let the sugar dissolve.
   
8. Pour the fish with marinade. If this amount of liquid is not enough to completely cover the fish, make the same marinade and add. If you wish, you can add spices, for example, a few peas of allspice.
   
9. Close the jar, send to the refrigerator for 8 hours. After that, we can serve.
   
10. For a festive table, mackerel can be decorated. To do this, cut the head of red onion and lemon into thin rings. Put the fish in a special dish, put a slice of lemon and onion near each piece, decorate with parsley. Such a dish will appeal not only to fish lovers, but also surprise gourmets. You can keep the mackerel in the refrigerator in a jar with a closed lid for a week.
    

Video recipe

We suggest you watch a short video in which the girl demonstrated the whole process of preparing pickled mackerel. You will find out what pieces to cut it after salting, how to put it tightly in a jar. And also look at one of the options for decorating fish for serving on the festive table.

Other fish recipes