Bought fish from the (supermarket) fishmonger's counter today for the first time ever, was a bit of a bargain and filleted for us in front of me. New-found confidence in buying over the counter - hurrah! If only we had a local fishmonger instead of having to use the one in the supermarket...
Nigel seems to adore mackerel, there are five recipes using it in his book, and he says he's on a one-man mission to make the world eat more of the stuff, and I've never cooked mackerel, so here we go...
...mmmm, midway through cooking and the flat is filled with a gorgeous fried onion and smoked paprika smell - I hope it tastes as good as it smells...
To accompany it we're having boiled new potatoes (with a smidge of butter) and recipe 2 - grilled zucchini (Nige thinks it sounds like more fun than courgette) - much to T's disgust. Poor T, there are three courgette recipes - and I'm not sure which he'll hate more: courgette and Lancashire cheese crumble, or zucchini cakes with dill and feta...
...and the verdict...
MMMmmmm!!! Mackerel went down very well, and hubbie really liked it. The crispy oniony paprika crumbs were lovely with the oily fish, and the acidity of the courgettes stopped it being too heavy. Yum! Amazingly T even ate the three/four little strips of courgette I put on his plate completely unprompted (hoping he'd at least try a few bites as promised). Only downside were a few pin bones in the mackerel fillets - having been traumatised by having a fishbone properly stuck in my throat when I was 16 in France, I get a bit nervous about fishbones...
Happy tummies all round.
Hmm, got a chicken to roast tomorrow...
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