Boiled Salt Mackerel
Ingredients
Directions
Soak the salt mackerel in lukewarm water overnight.
Change the water to cold about 30 minutes before cooking.
Place the mackerel in a pot with enough water to cover them.
Boil gently for 25 minutes.
Drain carefully and pour melted butter over the mackerel before serving.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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