Here is a recipe for some tasty marinated mackerel with white wine and orange. This healthy fish recipe is very different from the marinated mackerel you can find in cans. Here, the mackerel is half-cooked, very soft, and fragrant with spices and herbs from the marinade. A perfect healthy fish recipe for hot weather! This recipe is part of our best low-fat dinner recipes round-up; you should definitely give it a look!
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Ingredients list for Baked Mackerel in White Wine Sauce
- 4 small mackerels
- 2 untreated oranges
- 4 small white onions
- 2 large stalks of celery
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- A drizzle of olive oil
- 1 small glass of dry white wine
- 1 teaspoon of the five-spice mix
- 1 large carrot
- fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, dill …)
Directions
1. Prepare your mackerel fillets (or have it done by your fishmonger). Remove the small bones with tweezers. Rinse and dry on paper towels. Place the fillets in a large dish.
2. Rinse the orange zest and draw one of them. Cut into small sticks (julienne), then plunge into boiling water. Drain immediately and immerse in cold water.
3. Repeat twice (this removes the bitterness). Spread the zest on the fish fillets.
4. Squeeze the juice of two oranges; set aside.
5. Peel, wash, and slice onions into rings, then slice carrots and celery.
6. Heat a pan with a drizzle of olive oil; sauté, without coloring, all the vegetables for 2 minutes. Salt lightly, add the cilantro and peppers. Pour in the orange juice and white wine and cook for 5 minutes on low heat.
8. Pour the contents of the casserole over the mackerel fillets. Cover tightly with film or foil to retain heat.
9. Let the mackerel fillets cool in their cooking liquid for 1 hour at room temperature, then store in the refrigerator until serving.
10. Just before serving, chop some fresh herbs and spread on the dish.
Wine suggestion
Serve with a Muscadet sur Lie, or an Entre-Deux-Mers.
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Mackerels in White Wine Sauce
This Mackerel with orange white wine sauce is a healthy fish recipe for hot weather!
Ingredients
- 4 small mackerels
- 2 untreated oranges
- 4 small white onions
- 2 large stalks of celery
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- A drizzle of olive oil
- 1 small glass of dry white wine
- 1 teaspoon of the five-spice mix
- 1 large carrot
- fresh herbs (parsley, cilantro, dill ...)
Instructions
- Prepare your mackerel fillets (or have it done by your fishmonger). Remove the small bones with tweezers. Rinse and dry on paper towels. Place the fillets in a large dish.
- Rinse the orange zest and draw one of them. Cut into small sticks (julienne), then plunge into boiling water. Drain immediately and immerse in cold water.
- Repeat twice (this removes the bitterness). Spread the zest on the fish fillets.
- Squeeze the juice of two oranges, set aside.
- Peel, wash, and slice onions into rings, then slice carrots and celery.
- Heat a pan with a drizzle of olive oil; sauté, without coloring, all the vegetables for 2 minutes. Salt lightly, add the cilantro and peppers. Pour in the orange juice and white wine and cook for 5 minutes on low heat.
- Pour the contents of the casserole over the mackerel fillets. Cover tightly with film or foil to retain heat.
- Let the mackerel fillets cool in their cooking liquid for 1 hour at room temperature, then store in the refrigerator until serving.
- Just before serving, chop some fresh herbs and spread on the dish.
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That really enjoy the taste buds and gives me the munchies in the stomach
These macquerels make my eye blink, using the orange I like a lot!
Very tasty! I really like the duo of colors: orange and gray slate.
