Stuffed mackerel with egg and carrots with gelatin

6 servings
6 hours

How to make stuffed mackerel with egg? Prepare the products. Pre-thaw the fish by transferring it from the freezer to the bottom shelf of the fridge. Then cut into 2 fillets, choose the bones.

Wash the carrots and boil. How to boil carrots? Fill it with cold water and set to cook on medium heat. After boiling, reduce the heat and cook the carrots for 20-30 minutes, depending on the size and variety. Determine the readiness with a sharp knife - it should easily pierce the root crop. Drain and cool the carrots completely. Then peel it and grate it over a coarse grater.

Cut the cucumbers into slices obliquely.

Boil the eggs. How to boil hard-boiled eggs? To prevent the eggs from cracking when cooking, put them in cold water and set them to cook on a small heat. Cook the eggs for 9 minutes after boiling, then cover with cold water and cool. It is better to clean the shell from a sharp temperature difference. Peel the completely cooled eggs and cut into circles.

Arrange the cling film on the table, place one fillet on top of it, salt and season.

Sprinkle the fillet with half the dry gelatin.

Place the grated carrots on top.

Put the eggs on the carrots.

On eggs - cucumbers. Press each layer a little.

Salt the second fillet and season. Also sprinkle it with the second half of gelatin. Put the second fillet on the first, as if reassembling the fish into a carcass.

Wrap the fish very tightly in several layers and tie with a culinary thread crosswise.

Salt the water in a suitably sized saucepan (the whole carcass should fit in) and bring it to a boil. In the film, make a few punctures by toothpick, put the fish in the water and cook for half an hour.

Then remove the fish from the water and place, without unfolding, directly in the film, under the press until completely cooled. I put a plaque on the fish, on which I put a jar of water. Put all this construction in the refrigerator, best for the night.

Free the finished fish from thread and film and cut into slices. Serve to the table. Enjoy your meal!