Mackerel fillets for tea - suggestions?

[d000hg]

Hmm, that sounds good although I may have to skip the sauce as the first ingredient "100g butter" is not going to play well towards my diet - 100g butter has the same calories as the two fish fillets and the mashed potato!

[TykeMerc]

I'm pretty partial to Mackerel fillets myself, they seem to be really versatile.


Assuming not fresh from the sea (in which case grill, butter, season, bread NOM!)
Cold with salad and crusty bread or cream crackers.
Fishcakes.
Flaked with some olive oil and garlic, heated through then over pasta.
Flaked with rice (and a few veggies) in a kedgeree style.
Paella.
Grilled, loads of pepper and crusty bread and butter.

Any number of tasty options tbh.

Probably a load of chinese, thai and japanese options too now I think.

[d000hg]

In case you were dying to know, I went for:

• Pan-fry 2 fillets for 3 min each side... made the skin nice and crispy
• Mix one teaspoon of horseradish into my left-over mash, shape into a patty and dry-fry each side for 3 min
• One poached egg, done Heston's way (let all the yucky bits escape)
• Some loosely chopped cabbage, fried for a minute or so
• One glass of some Italian white that came in our Xmas wine case

Thanks for the suggestions, the horseradish potato cake was very nice and both it and the creamy yolk complemented the rich fish well. Sadly, I over-poached my egg so the yolk was set but still soft. Bizarrely, though I love eggs and eat them all the time, I have never poached one before!

700 kCal for those who care.