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Baked Mackerel 🐟 Dalmatian Tray Bake 🇭🇷 (Skuša s Krumpirom)

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Description

Whole mackerel roasted over a bed of potatoes, onions, and bay—lemony, herby, and seaside-simple. 🍋🌿

Hook: One pan, 30 minutes in the oven—crispy skin, juicy fish, saucy potatoes. ⚡

Ingredients

  • 🐟 Whole Atlantic mackerel, cleaned (3–4 small): 1.2 kg (2.6 lb)
  • 🥔 Potatoes, peeled, 3–4 mm slices: 800 g (5⅓ cups / 1.76 lb)
  • 🧅 Onion, thinly sliced: 200 g (1½ cups / 7 oz)
  • 🧄 Garlic, minced: 8 g (2 cloves / 0.3 oz)
  • 🌿 Flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped: 8 g (2 tbsp / 0.28 oz)
  • 🍋 Lemon, thin rounds + zest: 1 (to taste)
  • 🫒 Extra-virgin olive oil: 60 ml (¼ cup / 2 fl oz)
  • 🍷 Dry white wine (or water): 120 ml (½ cup / 4 fl oz)
  • 🌶️ Sweet paprika: 2 g (1 tsp / 0.04 oz)
  • 🌿 Bay leaves: 2
  • 🧂 Sea salt: to taste (≈9 g / 1½ tsp)
  • ⚫ Black pepper: 1 g (½ tsp / 0.04 oz)

Preparation

  • 1️⃣ Heat oven: 200°C / 400°F. Lightly oil a wide baking dish.
  • 2️⃣ Tray base: Toss 🥔 potatoes and 🧅 onion with half the 🫒 oil, paprika, salt, and pepper. Spread in the dish with bay leaves; pour in half the 🍷 wine/water.
  • 3️⃣ Season fish: Pat mackerel dry; score skin 2–3 times per side. Season inside and out with salt/pepper. Mix 🧄 garlic + 🌿 parsley + a little zest; rub inside the cavities. Tuck in a 🍋 lemon round.
  • 4️⃣ Bake: Lay fish over potatoes; drizzle remaining oil and wine. Bake 25–30 min until potatoes are tender and fish flakes (thickest part ~60°C / 140°F).
  • 5️⃣ Finish: Broil 2–3 min for extra-crisp skin. Squeeze lemon over; rest 3 min and serve with pan juices.

Total Time

🕒 Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook: 25–30 min
⏳ Total: 40–45 min

Nutritional Value

🔋 Energy: ~430 kcal
💪 Protein: ~33 g
🧈 Fat: ~24 g
🍞 Carbohydrates: ~18 g
🧂 Sodium: ~780 mg

Advice

Slice potatoes evenly and keep the layer relatively thin—if it’s too deep, fish will overcook before the potatoes soften.

Why it works

Roasting fish over potatoes bastes the veg in savory juices; scoring the skin prevents curling and promotes crackle, while wine and lemon create a bright, spoonable sauce.

Twist

Roast a handful of cherry tomatoes and a few pitted olives with the potatoes for a briny-sweet Dalmatian market vibe.

Status

Seaside tray bake with crackly skin and lemony pan juices—Baked Mackerel that tastes like a Dalmatian konoba. #grannyzen #dalmatianseafood #mackerel 🐟🍋🌊

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