MACKEREL WITH RHUBARB CHUTNEY AND ORANGE AND CHICORY SALAD
Ingredients
- 75g/2â…”oz caster sugar
- 25g/1oz sultanas
- few sprigs fresh rosemary
- 2cm/¾in piece root ginger
- peeled and finely chopped
- 1 shallot
- peeled and finely chopped
- 3 sticks rhubarb
- 5 tbsp cider vinegar
- 1 orange
- juice only
- salt and black pepper
- 2 whole mackerel
- gutted
- filleted and pin boned
- rapeseed oil
- for cooking
- 1 orange
- segmented
- 2 heads chicory
- separated into leaves
- 100g/3½oz pea shoots
- small handful celery tops
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill
- rapeseed oil
- for dressing
- salt and black pepper
- 1 stick rhubarb
- sliced into ribbons using a vegetable peeler
Directions
- For the chutney
- in a heavy-based pan melt the sugar until a golden-brown caramel forms. Remove from the heat and stir in the sultanas
- rosemary sprigs
- ginger
- shallot and rhubarb.
- Stir in the cider vinegar and orange juice. Bring back to the boil and cook gently for 8-10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and set aside to cool.
- To make the salad
- mix together the orange segments
- chicory leaves
- pea shoots
- celery tops and dill. Dress with rapeseed oil and season with salt and pepper.
- For the mackerel
- place the mackerel fillets skin-side up on an oven tray. Brush with rapeseed oil and use a blow torch to cook evenly. Turn over and repeat on the other side (alternatively place the fillets under a hot grill). Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve a spoonful of chutney with the cooked mackerel fillets and salad. Garnish with ribbons of rhubarb.

