Soused mackerel with mustard dressing

Name: Soused mackerel with mustard dressing
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 medium-sized mackerel; 2–3 thin lemon slices; 1 medium-sized onion; 2 bay leaves; few black peppercorns; salt and freshly milled black pepper; 4 tablespoons oil; crisp lettuce, for serving; 1 teaspoon French mustard; about ¼ pint (150 ml) wine vinegar; about ¼ pint (150 ml) water; 3 tablespoons water; salt and freshly milled black pepper; 1 tablespoon wine vinegar; pinch of sugar (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Katie Stewart’s Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

2 medium-sized mackerel
1 medium-sized onion
2–3 thin lemon slices

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Clean the mackerel and remove the heads. Place in an ovenproof dish. Cut the tail fins off, if necessary, so the fish fit into the dish. Peel and thinly slice the onion. Arrange on top of the fish along with the lemon slices, peppercorns and bay leaves. Mix together the vinegar and water and pour it over the fish to cover. Add more vinegar and water in equal parts to cover the fish, if necessar