Mackerel Dip
Prep Time:: Less than 15 minutes
Cooking Method: Other
Meal Type: Entree
Main Fish: Mackerel
Ingredients
* 1 Onion
* 2 C. Sour Cream or Salad Dressing
* Your Choice of Seasonings
* 2 Mackeral Fillets
Directions
Poach the Mackerel Fillets and let cool. Once cooled, remove the skin. To make a smooth dip, use a blender to puree the meat and onion. This puree can be added to sour cream or salad dressing. Add spices of your choice (dill, Cajun, other).
If you want chunky spread, chop onions and fish into size you prefer and add to sour cream
Mackerel Fried Cakes
Prep Time:: Less than 15 minutes
Cook Time: Less than 15 minutes
Cooking Method: Fried
Meal Type: Entree
Main Fish: Mackerel
Ingredients
* Mackerel
* Onion (chopped)
* Celery (chopped)
* Bread crumbs
* Hunter’s Seafood Seasoning
* Eggs
Directions
Drain your mackerel, sort the meat, removing bones and skin. To your sorted meat add some sautŽed onion and celery, bread crumbs, seafood seasoning and fresh whole eggs. Mix well. Form into dinner size cakes and fry until golden brown on each side.
Another use for your Mackerel is to add your fish to a pasta salad. Before adding the fish to your salad, drain the mackerel and pick out the bones and remove any skin you may find. This is for looks only as there is nothing wrong with bones or skin which you may find in canned fishes.
Fried Mackerel
Servings: 4
Prep Time:: Less than 15 minutes
Cook Time: Less than 15 minutes
Cooking Method: Fried
Meal Type: Entree
Main Fish: Mackerel
Ingredients
* 2 lbs. Mackerel fillets
* 1-2 Tbs. Sour Cream
* Flour
* Salt & pepper
* Butter or oil for frying
Directions
Clean and fillet 2-3 Mackerel and dry them well. Coat the fillets in flour, salt and pepper, and cut 2-3 diagonal splits in the skin of each filet. Fry the mackerel in butter or oil until golden brown and add 1-2 tbs. Sour Cream just before serving.
Curried Sgombri
Prep Time:: 15 to 30 minutes
Cook Time: Less than 15 minutes
Cooking Method: Boiled
Meal Type: Entree
Main Fish: Mackerel
Ingredients
* Atlantic mackeral fillets (also called scombri)
* canned coconut milk
* a good freshly-ground curry powder
* extra virgin olive oil
* sesame seed oil
* chopped zucchini
* chopped carrots
* chopped onions
* chopped cauliflower
* salt
* chopped garlic
* red pepper flakes
Directions
Sear the scombri fillets in a small amount of oil, half olive, half sesame seed. You can also include chopped garlic — one clove for each two fillets (though this is not strictly necessary).
When the fish is just starting to brown, add the coconut milk, one can for each 3 fillets (but no less than half a can) and a generous pinch of salt.
When it begins to boil, reduce the heat so it gently bubbles and add a generous teaspoon of (real) curry powder for each fillet. Pakistani or Thai are the best. Stir gently and cover.
Meanwhile, chop the vegetables into fairly large pieces, and add them to the coconut milk and fillets. Season with red pepper flakes — enough to raise the temperature but not so much that the flavor of the fish is lost.
Cook until the fish is almost done and the vegetables have just begun to soften. Uncover and raise the temperature, cooking just long enough to reduce and thicken the liquid slightly, then serve in large, shallow bowls.
If company’s coming, combine with steamed mussels just before serving, drizzling the liquid over the shellfish.
Other Notes
Very dry Ligurian red wine (northwest Italy), slightly fizzy, goes awfully well with spicy seafood like this. White wines will generally be lost with it.
Micro Macks Italiano
Servings: 2
Prep Time:: Less than 15 minutes
Cook Time: Less than 15 minutes
Cooking Method: Baked
Meal Type: Entree
Main Fish: Mackerel
Ingredients
* Four to six hand-sized mackerel fillets
* Six ozs. Italian salad dressing
Directions
Marinate fillets in salad dressing for two or three hours. Remove from marinade and cook in microwave on high for six minutes or in 400 degree oven for five or six minutes each side till done. Serve with salt, pepper, lemon juice and your favorite seafood condiments.
Other Notes
French fries or rice is hard to beat with this.