Soused Mackerel
A light, bright tasting marinated mackerel recipe
Ingredients
- 4 Mackerel fillets
- 1 White Onion
- 1 Carrot
- 150 ml White wine vinegar
- 220 ml Water
- 4 sprig Parsley
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1 tsp Sea salt
- 1 tsp Granulated sugar
- 4 Black peppercorns
- 2 sprig Dill
- 1 Lemon sliced
Instructions
- Check the mackerel fillets carefully for any bones (a pair of kitchen tweezers can be helpful to remove them).
- Peel and thinly slice the onion and carrot.
- Put them in a saucepan with the white wine vinegar, water, parsley, bay leaves, salt, sugar, and black peppercorns.
- Bring to the boil, turn down the heat and simmer for 10 minutes until the onion and carrot are softened.
- Place the mackerel fillets and lemon slices in a deep tray. Pour the hot pickling liquid over the top and sprinkle on the dill.
- Leave to cool, cover with cling film and refrigerate overnight.