Mackerel in sour cream baked in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make mackerel in sour cream baked in the oven? For cooking, take the products according to the list.

2. Step 2:

   

   Defrost the mackerel, it is better not to completely - the fish is very soft and fatty, so in order for it to maintain integrity, it is better to cut the carcass in a slightly frozen form. Gut the fish. cut off the head, tail and fins. Make a longitudinal incision along the ridge - this will be a kind of "pocket".

3. Step 3:

   

   Salt the fish, pepper on all sides.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put the prepared fish on a sheet of foil, pour lemon juice. Cut half of a large onion into thin half rings.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put the prepared onion and a tablespoon of thick sour cream into the abdomen and pocket on the back.

7. Step 6:

   

   Cover all the fish with sour cream from all sides, too.

8. Step 7:

   

   Wrap the mackerel in a loose envelope, put it in a mold and put it in an oven heated to 180 degrees for 40 minutes (you can first for 10 minutes - at a temperature of 200 degrees, and then reduce it to 160).

9. Step 8:

   

   Then remove the mackerel from the oven, carefully unfold the envelope if you want to brown, then put it under the grill or convection for another 10 minutes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Here is such an appetizing mackerel, baked with sour cream in the oven, we turned out. It is very tasty both hot and chilled.