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Grilled Mackerel with Fennel and Caraway seeds

February 26, 2012 by Fiona Maclean 6 Comments

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Last Updated on February 28, 2019

 Grilled Mackerel.

My attempt at a healthy supper after the indulgences of the last few weeks was to buy some fresh Mackerel and to grill it rather than pan fry.  Mackerel is an oily fish and works very well without the addition of any extra oil or fat – in fact you can see some of the fish oil in my photo.  I have some home-made pickled beetroot and some horseradish still to use up.  Again, Mackerel is quite strong flavoured and rather better suited to vinegar based sauces than a little lemon.  I love the pairing of pickled beet with cold mackerel, so I was keen to see if a warm pickled beet worked .

Mackerel with caraway and fennel crust

Here’s how I did it

Per person

1 filleted mackerel.

Half a teaspoon of caraway seeds and half a teaspoon of fennel seeds

2 slices of pickled beetroot

2 charlotte potatoes

A handful of green beans

For the home made horseradish

½  dessert spoon of grated horseradish in vinegar (I keep this in the fridge to use as needed)

1 dessertspoon of cream or crème fraiche

1 teaspoon of mustard

 

Mix all the horseradish ingredients together.  You can keep the made up horseradish cream in a jar in  the fridge for a few days.

Crush the caraway seeds and fennel seeds in a pestle and mortar.  You are not looking for a powder, but for lightly crushed seeds to help release the flavour

Lay the mackerel skin side down out on a piece of foil on the grill .  I didn’t add any oil, if you are worried about it sticking, you can oil the foil.

Scrub the potatoes and half or quarter.  Put them in a pan of water and bring to the boil adding a pinch of salt.  Simmer gently for about 8 minutes.

Chop the beetroot into neat cubes

Add the trimmed and halved beans in with the potatoes.  It will take about 5 minutes more

Heat the grill for a few minutes.

Put the mackerel under the grill and cook for till the flesh is opaque through.  About 3-4 minutes.  You shouldn’t need to turn the fish if you have used fillets.

Drain the potatoes and beans and arrange on plates.  Now, scatter the beetroot cubes through the mix.

Place the mackerel fillet on top

Serve with a good dollop of horseradish.

 

Very healthy, very tasty and very satisfying!

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Beetroot, healthy, mackerel, recipe

About Fiona Maclean

London based freelance writer and marketing consultant. I edit London-Unattached.com and write for a number of other publications. With a music degree and a background in marketing across many sectors, my passions include all types of music, food, restaurants, wine and travel

Comments

  1. EclecticGal says

    February 26, 2012 at 10:26 pm

    it was very good! As I said, it all came out of a yearning for soused mackerel, which I then thought would be too much with the beetroot. So…sometime soon I shall be sousing!

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  2. Corina says

    February 26, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    I love mackrel and also vinegary potato salads. I’m not keen on horseradish though but I’m sure it could easily be adapted.

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    • EclecticGal says

      February 26, 2012 at 7:16 pm

      I’ve never had home made horseradish till this winter when I discovered you could buy a root, grate it and store in vinegar. In a way, it turns out just a little more like a pickle that way…and you can choose your ‘cream’ depending on how strong or mild you like it (creme fraiche lets the horseradish taste through more).

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  3. Janice (Farmersgirl) says

    February 26, 2012 at 5:45 pm

    Just been to Belleau Kitchen for some liver which I love and hubby hates and now here we are with the dish he would choose and the one I would eat but prefer not to! I’ve never managed to love mackerel despite trying very very hard. I think your vinegary sauce and the horseradish might just do it for me though, so perhaps I should buy some and try it.

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    • EclecticGal says

      February 26, 2012 at 7:19 pm

      I really wanted to make soused mackerel, which I used to eat in huge quantities as a kid (I was brought up in a seaside town and we were brought fresh mackerel as gifts…!). But I had the beetroot and I thought that might be too much.

      I think it’s *easier* if you have it filleted for you. I can fillet them (I once did 50 in a row when my mum bought a wholesale lot to freeze), but if you cook them unfilleted, they are quite bony and that can be off putting.

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    • EclecticGal says

      February 26, 2012 at 7:20 pm

      ps lucky you, did you get cooked for?

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