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Broiled Salt Mackerel

Broiled salted mackerel soaked in cold water and milk before cooking.

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

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Clean the mackerel and soak them in 1 gallon of cold water overnight.

  2. In the morning, pour off the water and soak the mackerel in enough milk to cover them for 1 hour.

  3. Drain the mackerel and wipe them dry.

Cook

  1. Place the mackerel in a wire broiler and broil as you would fresh mackerel.

  2. Alternatively, bake the mackerel in a moderate oven at 350°F (175°C) in the milk.

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

Salt mackerel
Is the main ingredient; soaking draws out excess salt before cooking.
Milk
Soaking in milk mellows the saltiness and helps keep the fish moist.

“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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