Somerset Recipe
Grilled mackerel pickled beetroot , Apple slaw, radish, sea herbs, horseradish, herb oil.
Ingredients serves 4
4 mackerel fillets- de boned
Sea herbs- purslane, salty fingers, Rosemary all picked
Herb infused oil- chives or parsley.
2x radish sliced
Pickled beetroot
1x golden beetroot
1x candy beetroot
1x red beetroot
Pickle- 100 ml white wine vinegar 300 ml olive oil
2 star anise, 6 juniper berries crushed, 2 cloves garlic crushed, zest 1/2 lemon 2 sprigs of thyme
Salt pepper.
Apple slaw
2 red apples peeled, grated.
1/2 small onion finely sliced.
1 stick celery peeled, finely sliced.
2 table spoons mayonnaise
Juice 1/2 lemon
Salt pepper
Horseradish cream
100 ml double cream
1 teaspoon creamed horseradish.
Lemon juice to taste
Salt pepper
Method
For the beetroot
Place the beetroot into a deep saucepan and cover with cold salted water enough water to totally cover the beetroot. Bring to the boil and simmer until just cooked. Once cooked take our of the water put beetroot onto a plate and cover with cling film and leave to cool but not to go cold. One cool using a small knife peel the skin from the beetroot. Once peeled cut the beets into squares approximately 1cm square, place into a bowl.
To make the pickle whisk together the oil and vinegar, add the herbs garlic and spices. Pour pickle over beetroot cover and leave at room temperature. A minimum of 30 minutes is needed to marinade the beets but this can be prepared up to a week before and kept in the fridge.
For the Apple slaw
Place the grated Apple, onion and celery into a mixing bowl add the mayonnaise add the lemon juice and season. Keep in the fridge till needed.
For the horseradish cream
Place the cream and horseradish into a bowl and chill for a minimum of 30 minutes. Pass the cream through a fine sieve into another bowl discarding the horseradish. Season with salt and pepper and lemon juice to taste. Pour cream into a squeeze bottle chill till needed.
To serve
Place mackerel onto a metal tray season with salt and pepper, drizzle olive oil over the fish make sure both sides of the fish are coated in oil.
Place the mackerel skin side up. Pre heat your grill.
Spoon the Apple slaw into the centre of your plates, drain the beetroot and arrange with alternate colours around the slaw. On top of each piece of beetroot rest a piece of each sea herb then gently rest up against each piece of beetroot a slice of radish. Place the mackerel under your hot grill for 3-4 minutes until the skin is crispy and the flesh is cooked. If you feel the skin on the fish is not crispy enough if you have one use a blow torch to crisp the skin more put a few drops of lemon juice onto each fillet and a little bit more seasoning if you think it is necessary.
Place the fish on top of the slaw drizzle the horseradish cream around then drizzle the herb infused oil around also.
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