Haddock is a species of schools of sea fish from the cod family, a valuable commercial object. Inhabits the northern seas and oceanic waters, leads the bottom way of life (lives at depths of 60-200 m). The sizes of the average specimen: length 50-75 cm, weight about 2-3 kg. In the flesh of this fish contain various useful substances: proteins, fats, vitamins and mineral compounds (including iodine compounds in significant amounts).
Haddock can be cooked in various ways: boil, fry and bake in foil. Baking is one of the most healthy ways of cooking, haddock baked in foil, it turns out delicious and juicy.
Recipe for haddock baked in foil
Tell you how to make a haddock in foil, the recipe is simple. So we are going to choose a fish (fresh or freshly frozen), it should be without flaws with clear eyes.
Ingredients:
- haddock of medium size - 1 piece;
- garlic - 1-2 cloves;
- lemon;
- fresh fresh herbs (parsley, basil, coriander, dill);
- black pepper powder;
- olive or natural melted butter.
Preparation
Clear the fish from the scales and gut, if you bake with the head, remove the gills. From the inside, the fish is smeared with garlic, pressed through a hand press, and then we add a little bit of pepper.
In the abdomen lay a few twigs of greenery and a few slices of lemon.
Lubricate the haddock on top with vegetable or melted butter and pack it in foil in such a way that the juices that are released during the baking process do not flow. Packed haddock packed in foil on a baking sheet or on a grate and prepared in a heated oven at a temperature of 180-220 ° C for 25 minutes. If you want the fish to turn out with a beautiful golden crust, in the middle of the process it is necessary to pull out the pan, unfold the bag with haddock and continue baking in the open.
Prepared and packed in foil, haddock can be prepared not only in the oven, but also on the grill (grate, mangal).
Having prepared the bags of foil and fish, you can go out on a picnic or at the dacha, if the road is not a debt, for 2-3 hours the fish will well marinate and get even tastier. Longer than 3 hours to pickle is inappropriate: spices will perish the taste of fish.
Acting approximately the same way, it is possible to cook haddock baked in foil with sweet pepper and green onions or leek.
Ready baked haddock can be served with almost any garnish. To this dish it is good to serve light table wine and any sauce (lemon-garlic-mustard, mayonnaise, tomato or soybean).