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Uskumru Dolması
Stuffed Mackerel
Preparation info
- Serves
Six
- Difficulty
Medium
Appears in
Published 1981
This is a speciality of Istanbul. Learning how to prepare the mackerel for being stuffed may require some practice, but the result is worth some effort and the stuffing itself is easy.
Ingredients
1½–1¾ kg 3¼–3¾ lb - flour
3 or4
Method
The mackerel should be of a good size. The first step is to gut them (through the gills, without opening the belly) and wash them. Then roll each fish backward and forward on a board, to loosen the flesh inside the skin. Without breaking the skin, snap the backbone just short of the tail, and again close to the head. Take hold of the backbone at the head end and work it up and down a little bef