Today, when supermarket shelves are bursting with variety, inexpensive pollock fish is left to be forgotten. And in vain! Many wonderful dishes worthy of even a festive table can be prepared from it. For example, pollock in mayonnaise in the oven, under a fragrant cheese crust.
This recipe has been around for many years. Once upon a time, such a fish was prepared both at home, and in sanatorium canteens, and in restaurants. Due to the relatively low cost of the dish, this can be attributed to everyday life. But it will surely turn an ordinary family dinner into a small celebration.
Ingredients
Pollock in the mayonnaise in the oven is made from fresh fish. In addition, we need onions, mayonnaise, cheese. Do not strictly follow the proportions that the more you love, the more you add, the dish will only benefit from this. For example, to prepare 0.5 kg of fish, you can use only one onion. And some people love baked onions, so why not fill the fish pieces with all your heart?
Cheese is also not worth sparing. The more it is, the juicier the crust will be. As for the varieties, it is worth taking solid ones that melt well. For example, "Russian". Experiments with cream cheese and even cream cheese can also give a good result.
On average, to prepare a dish we will need:
- carcasses of pollock - 5 pcs.;
- onions - 2-3 heads;
- vegetable oil (refined, odorless) - 0.3 tbsp .;
- flour - 2-3 tbsp. l .;
- mayonnaise - 200 g;
- cheese - 150-180 g;
- salt, spices to taste.
Preliminary preparation
Before you cook pollock in the oven with mayonnaise, thoroughly rinse the fish, clean it from scales, cut off the fins. Care should be taken here - the fins are pretty tough. Trim them conveniently with scissors.
We clean the onion, cut into half rings or cubes. To cook pollock in mayonnaise in the oven, onions should choose fresh and juicy.
Tableware
To cook pollock with cheese and mayonnaise, you need dishes with high sides. Cast iron wok or deco, ceramic bowl, goose bar are perfect. It is advisable to choose dishes of such a size that the pieces of fish can be tightly laid out to each other in one layer.
If the necessary dishes in the household are missing, you can cook such fish on a regular baking sheet. Only in this case, do not place the ingredients too close to the edges, otherwise they will simply fall off and burn.
Cooking
Cut the fish into slices about 3 cm wide. Roll the slices in flour, fry in heated oil until half-cooked.
Pass the onion in oil until golden. Now put the pieces of fish on the bottom of the mold, sprinkle the onion on top and add a little boiled water. It is necessary that the meat is steamed.
Pour onion with mayonnaise, evenly distributing it with a silicone spatula so that it covers the entire surface of the dish. Send to the oven to bake.
Do not immediately sprinkle with cheese. The time required for its melting is very small. It will simply not be enough for baking onions and fish. As a result, either the cheese cap will burn, or the main ingredients will not bake. Therefore, while pollock is cooked in mayonnaise in the oven, grate the cheese on a coarse grater, and add it about 7 minutes before the end of the process.
A word about spices
As for spices, you can add them directly to fish pieces. But it is better to mix with water, which we pour in the dish at the very beginning. Black and allspice, oregano, marjoram are well suited here. Paprika will add sweetish notes to the dish and make its color more expressive. Very suitable for asafoetida fish. And pollock under mayonnaise in the oven can be sprinkled with fresh herbs after cooking.
New notes
Those who have already got the hang of cooking this dish often experiment with a basic recipe. For example, they do not cook slices, but pollock fillet in mayonnaise in the oven. This method is more time-consuming, but the result is simply excellent. Although there are few bones in pollock, you can remove the spine so that they do not remain at all.
To diversify the recipe, you can make additional experiments. For example, add a layer of fried mushrooms. In summer, you can put pieces of fish on a pillow of baked vegetables (squash, eggplant, zucchini). It goes well with the taste of pollock stewed carrots. Diced bell peppers, especially of different colors, will not only add flavor, but also decorate the dish.
You can experiment with sauces. For example, replace part of the mayonnaise with sour cream and add chopped greens. This sauce is more delicate in texture, and the taste is rich and expressive. Soy sauce is also suitable for this dish, only when using it you need to be careful with salt, because it is already quite salty. Add a spoonful of tartar, paprika sauce or any other favorite sauce to the mayonnaise.
Serving to the table
Pollock in the oven with mayonnaise and onions should be served in the same bowl in which the dish was baked in the oven. It is convenient to lay it out on plates with a wooden spatula or spoon, after cutting through the cheese cap.
Garnish this dish can be mashed potatoes, boiled rice, buckwheat porridge. It also works well with pasta garnish, especially shells that hold gravy well. Can be served with baked pollock and spaghetti.
Homemade pickles or a salad of fresh seasonal vegetables is a great addition to the dish. Do not forget about fresh herbs: parsley, dill, cilantro, basil, young garlic and onions.
From drinks with this dish, tomato juice, homemade kvass, milk, ayran and any sour-milk drinks are perfectly combined.