Mackerel with cheese baked in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake mackerel with cheese in the oven? Prepare your food. Take the freshest mackerel, without damage or foreign odors. Fresh fish has elastic flesh, non-cloudy eyes and pink gills. If this is not the case, it is better to refuse fish. Choose high-quality cheese, without vegetable additives.

2. STEP 2

   

   Prepare the potatoes. Wash it well, peel and cut into boat slices. If you don’t like this kind of cutting, you can cut it into cubes or circles.

3. STEP 3

   

   Place the potatoes in a saucepan, fill them with water and put them on the fire. Add salt and bring to a boil, then boil the potatoes over medium heat for 7-10 minutes until half cooked. Then remove from heat and drain completely. This way the potatoes will bake at the same time as the fish.

4. STEP 4

   

   Wash the mackerel, cut off the head and tail. Clean it from the insides and cut it into fillets. How to properly fillet a whole fish? Remove the tail, head and fins. Cut along the ridge of the carcass to the spine. Turn over onto its side. Using a sharp knife, cut the meat from the spinal bone. Turn the carcass over and cut off the fillet on the other side. Clean the inside, removing the black film, as it is bitter and will spoil the taste.

5. STEP 5

   

   Rinse the fillet and dry it with a paper towel, then season with salt and pepper. I just use freshly ground black pepper, but you can use other spices as well. Pour lemon juice over the fish and refrigerate for 30 minutes to marinate.

6. STEP 6

   

   Grate the processed cheese on a fine grater. To make it easier to grate, it is better to freeze it a little first. Add grated garlic to the cheese and stir.

7. STEP 7

   

   Turn on the oven to preheat to 180 degrees. Pour vegetable oil into a baking dish and grease it, place one half of the mackerel skin side down.

8. STEP 8

   

   Place boiled potato wedges around the fillet.

9. STEP 9

   

   Place the cheese filling on the first half of the mackerel and spread it over the entire surface.

10. STEP 10

    

    Cover the cheese with the other half of the mackerel and press down a little.

11. STEP 11

    

    Brush the top of the mackerel and potatoes with sour cream and pepper everything on top.

12. STEP 12

    

    Place the fish and chip pan in the hot oven and bake for 20 minutes. Then remove the pan from the oven and sprinkle with finely grated hard cheese.

13. STEP 13

    

    Place the dish back in the oven and bake it for another 10-15 minutes, until the desired crust is achieved.

14. STEP 14

    

    Remove the finished mackerel from the oven, place it on a plate along with the potatoes and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Julia

16.12.2023

4.8

Mackerel is also delicious baked with lemon. I am sharing the video recipe.

Gera

16.12.2023

4.8

Mackerel with cheese baked in the oven turned out very tasty! I made it without potatoes, there just weren’t any. And the fish is excellent, thank you very much!

yulala

16.12.2023

5

Very tasty both fish and potatoes! delicious! the fish is tender, melts in your mouth due to the cheese