{"id":3690,"date":"2012-01-12T16:42:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T21:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/smoked-mackerel-bake"},"modified":"2026-05-20T20:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:21:43","slug":"smoked-mackerel-bake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/smoked-mackerel-bake","title":{"rendered":"Smoked Mackerel Bake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Smoked Mackerel Bake - delicious smoky fish with golden roast potatoes, juicy tomatoes and sweet butternut squash finished off with a cheesy topping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mackerel is a bit like marmite - you either love it or you hate it. I've been eating it for years, my mum used to cook it weekly - soused fresh mackerel cooked in vinegar and I loved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I suppose you could say I was accustomed to the taste of it from a young age. Surprisingly my young daughter loves it too and so this Smoked Mackerel Bake is a big hit with the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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How the combinations for this Smoked Mackerel Bake came about, I can't quite remember. Usually, these kinds of meals, just kind of happen when I combine some ingredients that need to be used up and luckily more often than not, the result is a success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you really dislike that smokey taste then you probably won't like this dish, but if you do like a smokey flavour, what the mackerel does to the potatoes and butternut squash is kind of amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It adds the most amazing flavour as the natural oil of the fish gets released when cooking, a kind of sweet smokiness and with the bit of melted cheese just to finish off the top, it is a match made in heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Love tray bake dishes like this Smoked Mackerel Bake? Check out these other delicious Tray Bakes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n