Mackerel with cheese baked in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake mackerel with cheese in the oven? Prepare the products. Take the freshest mackerel, without damage and foreign odors. Fresh fish has elastic flesh, not cloudy eyes and pink gills. If this is not the case, it is better to abandon the fish. Choose high-quality cheese, without vegetable additives.

2. Step 2:

   

   Prepare the potatoes. Wash it well, peel it and cut it into boat slices. If you do not like such slicing, then you can cut it into cubes or circles.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put the potatoes in a saucepan, fill it with water and put it on fire. Add salt and bring to a boil, then boil the potatoes over medium heat for 7-10 minutes, until half cooked. Then remove from the heat and drain the water completely. Thus, the potatoes will be baked at the same time as the fish.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash the mackerel, cut off the head and tail. Peel it from the entrails and cut it into fillets. How to properly cut a whole fish into fillets? Remove the tail, head and fins. Cut the carcass along the spine to the spine. Turn it on its side. With a sharp knife, cut the meat from the backbone bone. Turn the carcass over and cut the fillet from the other side. Clean the inside by removing the black film, as it is bitter and will spoil the taste.

5. Step 5:

   

   Rinse and dry the fillets with a paper towel, then season with salt and pepper. I just use freshly ground black pepper, but you can take other spices. Pour lemon juice over the fish and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes for marinating.

6. Step 6:

   

   Grate the processed cheese on a fine grater. To make it easier to rub, it is better to freeze it a little beforehand. Add grated garlic to the cheese and mix.

7. Step 7:

   

   Turn on the oven to preheat to 180 degrees. Pour vegetable oil into the baking dish and lubricate it, lay one half of the mackerel skin down.

9. Step 8:

   

   Arrange the cooked potato slices around the fillet.

10. Step 9:

    

    Put the cheese filling on the first half of the mackerel and spread it over the entire surface.

11. Step 10:

    

    Cover the cheese with the second half of the mackerel, press down a little.

12. Step 11:

    

    Grease the top of the mackerel and potatoes with sour cream, pepper everything on top.

13. Step 12:

    

    Put the fish and potato pan in a hot oven and bake for 20 minutes. Then remove the mold from the oven and sprinkle with grated hard cheese.

14. Step 13:

    

    Put the dish back in the oven and bake it for another 10-15 minutes, until the desired crust.

15. Step 14:

    

    Remove the finished mackerel from the oven, transfer to a plate along with the potatoes and serve to the table. Bon appetit!