MACKEREL WITH RHUBARB CHUTNEY AND ORANGE AND CHICORY SALAD
MACKEREL WITH RHUBARB CHUTNEY AND ORANGE AND CHICORY SALAD
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.