Chermoula-marinated mackerel

Name: Chermoula-marinated mackerel
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 whole mackerel, scaled, gutted and cleaned; 1 serving olive oil, for brushing; 1 serving lemon wedges, to serve; 1 garlic clove, roughly chopped; 2 teaspoons fennel seeds; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons saffron; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 2 garlic cloves; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoons paprika; 1 pinch pinch chilli powder; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 50 grams coriander, roughly chopped; 3 Tbsps light olive oil; 1 red chilli, roughly chopped, seeds in or out - up to you

Chermoula-marinated mackerel might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe serves 2. One portion of this dish contains around 97g of protein, 72g of fat, and a total of 1116 calories. A mixture of olive oil, garlic clove, out - up to you, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes.

Instructions

Pound the ingredients for the filling together using a pestle and mortar. Make 3 diagonal incisions along both sides of each mackerel, then push in the filling. Chill for up to 2 hrs before cooking.

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Mackerel

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Mortar And Pestle

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas

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Oven

For the chermoula, place the garlic, spices, lemon juice, coriander and a pinch of sea salt into a blender. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil, blending.

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Lemon Juice

Coriander

Olive Oil

Sea Salt

Garlic

Spices

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Blender

Brush the mackerel with a little olive oil on both sides, then place on a hot griddle or frying pan and sear for 2 mins on each side. Carefully transfer to an oven tray and bake for about 10 mins, or until the mackerel is cooked through.

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Olive Oil

Mackerel

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Frying Pan

Oven

Drizzle with some of the chermoula and serve with the Carrot, olive & lemon couscous (recipe, below), lemon wedges and the remaining chermoula on the side.

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Lemon Wedge

Couscous

Carrot

Lemon

Olives

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Servings:

whole mackerel, scaled, gutted and cleaned 1serving

olive oil, for brushing 1serving

lemon wedges, to serve 1

garlic clove, roughly chopped 2teaspoons

fennel seeds 1teaspoons

ground ginger 1teaspoons

ground cinnamon 0teaspoons

saffron 1Tbsp

olive oil 2

garlic cloves 1teaspoon

ground cumin 1teaspoons

paprika 1pinch

pinch chilli powder 2Tbsps

lemon juice 50grams

coriander, roughly chopped 3Tbsps

light olive oil 1

red chilli, roughly chopped, seeds in or out - up to you

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Sparkling Rose, Viognier

Mackerel works really well with Pinot Grigio, Sparkling rosé, and Viognier. Strongly flavored, oily fish like mackerel pair well with these crisp white wines and sparkling wine, even rosé. The Zind-Humbrecht Clos Windsbuhl Vendange Tardive Pinot Gris with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 99 dollars per bottle.