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Boiled Mackerel

4 servings

Ingredients

• mackerel (as needed)
• strongly salted water (as needed)
• vinegar (a little)
• onions (a little)
• tarragon (a little)
• thyme (a little)
• basil (a little)
• pepper (a little)
• cloves (a little)
• 1 glass vinegar (for the broth)
• Travemünder Sauce (as needed)

Instructions

1. Mackerel is a fatty, soft fish.
2. After scaling, gutting, and washing, place it in strongly salted water with plenty of vinegar for one hour.
3. For cooking, bring salted water with onions, tarragon, thyme, basil, pepper, and cloves to a boil, add a glass of vinegar, and cook the fish in it for only a few minutes.
4. Serve with Travemünder Sauce.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.