Fish in salt in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Necessary ingredients. The main thing in this recipe is, of course, high-quality fresh fish with intact skin. Absolutely any fish is suitable for baking according to this recipe, today I bake mackerel

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the fish well, gut it, remove the black film on the abdomen

3. Step 3:

   

   Pour a little lemon juice over the fish, in this recipe it is optional, but desirable

4. Step 4:

   

   Sprinkle with a mixture of peppers and rub the fish well on all sides

5. Step 5:

   

   Put garlic cloves in the abdomen

6. Step 6:

   

   Parsley sprigs

7. Step 7:

   

   Mix salt with protein, add a couple of tablespoons of water

8. Step 8:

   

   Mix well, it should turn out slightly moist

10. Step 9:

    

    Spread baking paper on a baking sheet and evenly distribute a thin layer of salt. In this case, we need paper in order for the baking sheet to remain clean and it will be more convenient to serve the fish on the table

11. Step 10:

    

    Put the mackerel on top

12. Step 11:

    

    Evenly distribute the remaining salt so that it completely covers our fish, the head and tail can be left without a salt shell. Do not worry that the fish will turn out to be too salty - it will take just as much salt as it needs.

13. Step 12:

    

    We put large pieces of lemon around the salt shell, from which the juice was squeezed out - during the baking process it will become an excellent natural flavoring for fish

14. Step 13:

    

    Bake for 50-60 minutes at 160 degrees

15. Step 14:

    

    During this time, the fish will be completely baked, and the salt will turn into stone

16. Step 15:

    

    Carefully break the salt shell with a hammer or hatchet

17. Step 16:

    

    We remove the remnants of salt and try, it's not scary if the skin remains on the salt shell. I assure you, it's delicious!