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Hake

Merluccius merlucciusAlso called merluccius merluccius

Hake is a fish with flaky flesh that is soft when raw and firm when cooked. Cooks bake, grill, or shallow-fry it, pairing it with tomato, garlic, chorizo, or paprika.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Muscle
Family
Merlucciidae
Texture
Flaky, soft, firm
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Spain
Hake, whole

Photo: Assianir · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use hake

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Grill
  • Shallow fry

Cooking with it

The soft raw flesh becomes firm when cooked.

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Flaky

Texture, raw

  • Soft

Texture, cooked

  • Firm

Shopping

Choosing and storing hake

Sold as
Canned, Dried, Fresh, Frozen

Around the world

Where hake is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses hake. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list hake among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. 2011 · United Kingdom

    Most hake landed at UK ports was exported.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: hake in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What hake is called

Names in 51 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Merluccius merluccius · Merluza europea · Ilus · Pescada

  • French

    Merlu commun · Merluccius merluccius · Merlu européen · Colin

  • Italian

    Merluccius merluccius · nasello · nasello europeo

  • Portuguese

    Merluccius merluccius

  • German

    Hechtdorsch · Europäischer Seehecht · Merluccius merluccius · Seehecht

  • Dutch

    Heek · Merluccius merluccius · Europese heek

  • Greek

    Μπακαλιάρος

  • Turkish

    Berlam

  • Russian

    Европейская мерлуза · Европейский хек · Обыкновенный хек · Обыкновенная мерлуза

  • Polish

    Morszczuk zwyczajny · Morszczuk · Morszczuk wielkooki · Merluccius merluccius

  • Persian

    قلاب‌دهان اروپایی

  • Chinese

    歐洲無鬚鱈

Show all 51 languages

  • Albanian

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Aragonese

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Asturian

    Merluccius merluccius · pescada · pescadilla gorda · pescadilla de tira

  • Basque

    Legatz arrunt · Merluccius merluccius

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Breton

    Merluz · Merluccius merluccius

  • Bulgarian

    мерлуза · Европейска мерлуза · Европейски хек · Хек

  • Catalan

    lluç europeu · Trachinoides maroccanus · Merluccius merluccius · Merluccius argentatus

  • Cebuano

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Croatian

    Oslić · Merluccius merluccius

  • Czech

    štikozubec obecný · Trachinoides maroccanus · Merluccius merluccius · Gadus ruber

  • Danish

    kulmule

  • Esperanto

    Merluĉo

  • Extremaduran

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Finnish

    kummeliturska · Merluccius merluccius · Kummelikala

  • Galician

    pescada · Merluccius merluccius · carioca

  • Hungarian

    hekk · Merluccius merluccius · csacsihal · tengeri csuka

  • Icelandic

    Lýsingur

  • Ido

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Interlingua

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Interlingue

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Irish

    colmóir Eorpach

  • Latin

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Lithuanian

    europinė jūrinė lydeka · merlūza

  • Macedonian

    ослич · обичен ослич · европски ослич

  • Northern Frisian

    Hek

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    lysing · Merluccius merluccius

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    lysing · Svartkjeft

  • Occitan

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Romanian

    Merluccius merluccius · Merluciu

  • Serbian

    Oslić

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Oslić

  • Simplified Chinese

    欧洲无须鳕

  • Slovenian

    oslič · Merluccius merluccius

  • Swedish

    kummel · Merluccius merluccius · Havsgädda · Merlu Européen

  • Swiss High German

    Hechtdorsch

  • Traditional Chinese

    歐洲無鬚鱈

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    歐洲無鬚鱈

  • Ukrainian

    Хек європейський · Мерлуза європейська · Merluccius merluccius

  • Vietnamese

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Volapük

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Walloon

    Mierlou

  • Waray

    Merluccius merluccius

  • Welsh

    Cegddu

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q726276

Photos

Photo: Assianir · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons