Grilled mackerel with orange and basil-dressed pepper salad
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Easy
- August 2015

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Serves 4
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Hands-on time 30 min
Omega 3-rich fresh mackerel pairs perfectly with zingy orange and sweet peppers in this 20-minute salad, that’s easy on your pocket too.
Mackerel is a wonderfully versatile and inexpensive ingredient; find out more ways to use this oily fish.
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Dairy-free recipes
- Calories
- 620kcals
- Fat
- 42.8g (7.1g saturated)
- Protein
- 32.8g protein
- Carbohydrates
- 22.2g (21.6g sugars)
- Fibre
- 6.5g
- Salt
- 0.3g
Ingredients
- 3 peppers (mix of yellow and red)
- 8 mackerel fillets
- 3 oranges
- Small bunch of fresh parsley
- 10g rocket
- 40g toasted pine nuts
- Olive oil
- Bunch of fresh basil
Method
- Heat the grill to medium. Deseed the peppers, then slice into strips. Pin-bone the mackerel fillets. Put the peppers and mackerel on a grill pan, skin-side up, and brush with olive oil. Grill for 10-13 minutes until the fish is cooked through, then remove the fish. Grill the peppers for 3-5 minutes more until charred.
- Meanwhile, zest the oranges into a bowl. Peel and segment the oranges, reserve 6 segments, then add the rest and any juice to the bowl. Chop the parsley and add to the bowl with rocket, toasted pine nuts, 1 tbsp olive oil and the peppers.
- Make the basil dressing by whizzing the reserved orange segments in a mini food processor with a the basil, 3 tbsp olive oil and salt and pepper.
- Divide the salad among plates, top with the mackerel and drizzle with the dressing. Serve with crusty bread.
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