Baked Mackerel

Ingredients

• a good-sized mackerel
• 2 ozs. of chopped beef suet
• two to three table-spoonfuls of bread crumbs
• one tea-spoonful of savoury herbs
• some chopped parsley
• a little oiled butter

Method

1. 1

   Wipe and split the mackerel, remove bones, head, and fins.

2. 2

   Prepare stuffing with suet, bread crumbs, herbs, and parsley.

3. 3

   Spread stuffing inside the mackerel, fold, place in a greased paper-bag, pour oiled butter over, and bake in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes.

4. 4

   Serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The paper-bag cookery manual (1911) by Charles Herman Senn, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Baked Mackerel. Procure a good-sized mackerel, wipe it with a damp cloth ; split it open and remove the bones, also the head and fins. Prepare a stuffing composed of 2 ozs. of chopped beef suet, two to three table-spoonfuls of bread crumbs, one tea-spoonful of savoury herbs and some chopped parsley. Spread the THE PAPER-BAG COOKERY MANUAL. 31 inside of the mackerel with this, fold over and put the fish in a greased paper-bag, pour a little oiled butter

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