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Grilled mackerel with horseradish mash recipe

Grilled mackerel with horseradish mash recipe

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Mackerel is an inexpensive fish that offers up bags of delicious flavour. Here its smokiness teams brilliantly with the creamy horseradish mash and the earthy taste of the Savoy cabbage, making it a winning combo. See method

  • Serves 4
  • 10mins to prepare and 18mins to cook
  • 492 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 500g (1lb) potatoes, peeled and chopped
  • ½ savoy cabbage, shredded
  • 4 mackerel fillets
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 2tbsp milk
  • 1tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp creamed horseradish
  • snipped chives, to serve
  • salt
  • pepper

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    2045kj
    492kcal     24%

  • Fat

    39g 55%

  • Saturates

    7g 34%

  • Sugars

    1g 2%

  • Salt

    3g 50%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 1.9g Protein 34g Fibre 0.2g

Method

  1. Cook the potatoes in a pan of boiling water until tender. Add the shredded cabbage for the last 2 minutes of cooking. Squeeze lemon juice over the flesh of the mackerel fillets. Heat the grill and cook the mackerel fillet for 4-5 minutes on either side.
  2. Meanwhile, mash the potatoes with the milk, olive oil, creamed horseradish and seasoning.
  3. Divide the horseradish mash between four plates or shallow bowls and serve the mackerel fillets on top with any juices from the grill pan poured over, and sprinkled with snipped chives.

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