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Baked Mackerel

Baked mackerel seasoned with coarse sea salt and black pepper, cooked slowly in an oven.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Baked Mackerel

Oven, in the book's wordsA slow oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a slow oven”. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Wipe the mackerels with a damp cloth and cut off the heads and tails.

  2. Remove the backbones and place the mackerels backs down in a baking dish.

  3. Season well with coarse sea salt and black pepper.

Bake and serve

  1. Cover the dish and bake in a slow oven at 300°F (150°C) for 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the oven.

  2. Serve in the same dish.

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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What each ingredient does

Mackerels
Form the main body of the dish, becoming moist and flaky as they cook through.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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