Cooking your Mackerel ?

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:28 pm

hi,

just out of interest, how do you cook your Mackerel?

i have herd a few different ways and am wondering what way gives them the best taste

many thanks

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:03 pm

hi mate

I melt some butter, add a tea spoon of ground cumin, a little salt and pepper, a tea spoon of paprika and some sugar.
Slice the flesh on either side 3 or 4 times, rub the mixture into the slices and either grill or BBQ the fish till cooked.

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:13 pm

thanks that sounds good and will give that a go as sounds very nice, have you tried frying them as someone else has suggested this?

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:18 pm

Hi mate,

no i havn't, i have roasted them though surrounded with garlic and chopped onions. That was nice. There's probably loads of variations you could try.

Guest

Hi Petersclan,

Have you thought about buying or building your own smoker? There are a couple of ready made ones available from some of the fishing shops online or, with a few bricks and a bit of steel plate you can make your own.

I know a guy who built a small one in his garden. Start with a fire box out of the bricks and make sure that its ventilated but not so much that a fire will burn too quick. Put a metal plate over the fire box and build a chimney on top of this but allow for access to the top of the plate. Near the top of the chimney, put in some metal bars to hang your food. Get chippings/shavings of your favorite wood (oak, hickory) and soak in water (this stops them burning too quick). Put the damp shavings on the metal plate and light a fire under it. The plate should be far enough away from the fire to heat the wood and char it but not cause it to burn. Add your favorite fish/bacon/sausages to the hooks at the top of the chimney and hey presto, smoked food with a great taste. Try smoking the mackeral and then serving it with a pepper sauce.

Guest

If you're catching them fresh and cooking in situ- one of the best ways is just to boil them up in sea water- alternatively ifyou're taking them home "devil"them- do a bit fo a spicy tomato sauce as a quick marinade and grill them sefec with a bot of salad- nice

Member Joined: Jul 25, 2006 Posts: 52

Fried with a little oil served with garlic butter sauce and salad. tougue

Guest

I grill most of my fish, but try microwaving them between two plates with a bit of butter. It's quick and it doesn't mess about too much with the flavour of the fish.

YUM big grin

concrete

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:33 am

wow,

lots of very different but excellent suggestions, many thanks to all and i can promise that your cooking techniques will be tried as i aim to try them in as many different ways as possible to get out there fullest potential flavour

thanks again

Member Joined: Jul 31, 2006 Posts: 90 Location: out to sea

If you can.....straight from the sea into a pot with a little white wine and water boil them up gentley and stick em on oatcakes... got to be fresh thats the key. Apparently they make great sushi too..... 8O think I `ll always like mine cooked!!!

Joined: Aug 12, 2006 Posts: 3

straight from the sea into a bag of sea water then into the car and give to wife to sort....best way ever lol

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:36 pm

cooked sounds far better to me too! sod raw fish

Well we tried some today rubbed all over in margerine mixed with salt and pepper, cooked under the grill untill nearly ready and then re rubbed over with more marg pepper and salt

very very nice and you could really taste the fish

Joined: Aug 08, 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Norway

Don`t know if it is of any interest, but I`ve published something on my web page. It shows what I like to do with mackerel. It`s in Norwegian, but photos sometimes say more than words.
Making fillets:
http://www.fiskeri.no/Tema/Makrellfilet.htm
And smoked pepper-mackerel:
http://www.fiskeri.no/Tema/Makrellrokt.htm

Member Joined: Jul 24, 2006 Posts: 39

I dont like fish anyway but raw sound better than MY wife "cooking" them.
We are the only family who use a smoke alarm for a timer.

smoke alarm-"BEEP...BEEP...BEEP..."
The Wife- "Well, that side's done"

Badger, where are you from mate? Are your oatcakes the same as our oatcakes in Stoke on Trent or some "cheap imitation"?lol.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:22 pm

i beg to differ!!!!

my smoke alarm is herd very regular