There are those who rather sniffily suggest that one should only eat mackerel when it has been freshly hoiked from the sea and cooked over a jerry-built barbecue on the beach. Good for them. For those of us not living in an Enid Blyton novel, mackerel is still a wonderful ingredient, even if it has had to suffer the ignominy of a lift into town and a sojourn on the ice of a fishmonger’s trolley. It’s cheap, it’s sustainable, and it’s delicious.
Serves 1
A mackerel fillet (check for pinbones)
An oyster
2 tbsp plain flour, seasoned with salt and pepper
1 tbsp thick yoghurt
1 heaped tsp of wasabi powder (more if you like, no point in holding back)
A lemon
A buttered bap
Salad leaves
Oil, salt, pepper
– Shuck the oyster (video here), and toss it and the mackerel in the seasoned flour. Heat some oil in a frying pan over a high, if not steak-high, flame. Slide in the mackerel fillet skin-side down, and fry for 2 minutes. Meanwhile beat the wasabi into the yoghurt with a squeeze of lemon.
– Turn the mackerel and add the oyster. Cook for a further minute, turning the oyster half way through. Remove from the heat and add a spritz of lemon. Plonk the mackerel and oyster in your bap, along with the salad leaves and a splodge of wasabi mayonnaise. Eat.
Hey James,
Looking lovely.
I’m afraid I wont be able to come to your book launch today as i’m stuck up in Lincs with the builders who started on my kitchen extension this week, which whilst its very exciting I also have no back wall on my house!!! eeek!… gutted not to be with you but I know you will be a huge success!… I have a copy waiting for an autograph so we need to meet up soon. xx
Hi handsome, sorry to miss you last week, see you soon, J
ooh aah. tangentially related to an oyster po’boy with the fried oyster. love the look of it and the ingredients. mind if i try a fish taco version of it? might substitute the wasabi yoghurt with chipotle mayo…
thanks for the inspiration!
Exactly! Well spotted. Love the sound of a fish taco with chipotle mayo – delicious! J
Must try wasabi yoghurt. Sounds so tasty.
Equally good with mayonnaise. Indeed maybe better, J
This looks looks like a lovely lunchtime treat.
Whoah, alliteration overload!
Certainly seems so, J
Yes please
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