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salt cured mackerel ©️ Nel Brouwer-van den Bergh

Salt cured mackerel

Prep Time 4 hours
30 minutes
Total Time 4 hours 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Dutch
Servings 8 persons

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • 4 halve horse mackerels
  • 10 oz (300 g) coarse rock- or sea salt

Instructions
 

Instructions

  • Quickly rinse the mackerel halves under running water. Let drip and dry with a paper towel
  • Place the halves on the chopsticks spanning a deep plate or bowl
  • Cover the fish with solid salt; the turn and cover the other side in salt
  • Let the fish halves sit for 4 h. Ambient temperature is fine.
    brined mackerel halves on chopsticks over bowl photo: ©️Nel Brouwer-van den Bergh
  • After 4 h, give the fish halves a good rinse under running water. Let drip and dry on a paper towel
  • Place the halves skin side up on a cutting board
  • With tweezers remove the skin from the fish
    removing upper skin of a mackerel photo: ©️Nel Brouwer-van den Bergh
  • Thereafter turn the fish skin side down
  • Remove the pin bones by feeling with your fingers and remove fins and other cartilage
  • Finally, slice the fish in bite size pieces and serve

Notes

Method: salt curing
Food allergy & intolerance information: fish
Keyword horse mackerel, mackerel, salt curing, salted