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This mackerel recipe collection has been kindly provided by leading chefs and cookery writers to share at Scottish Recipes. Mackerel is a delicious fish and as an oily fish is healthy to eat, making this an ideal fish for those with health problems like those suffering from high cholesterol or arthritis. These natural oils have been clinically proven to help improve health and well-being, are good for the joints and help to lower cholesterol as part of a healthy balanced diet.

Sticky Mackerel

This sticky mackerel recipe comes from The Fishy Fishy Cookbook by chefs and food writers James Ginzler, Loz Talent and Paul Shovlin who together with television personality and presenter Dermot O'Leary run the Fishy Fishy seafood brasserie in Brighton, England. At Fishy Fishy their ethos is to only serve fresh and local caught fish accompanied by in season ingredients to serve customers a wide range of delicious meals. This sticky mackerel recipe will serves four. Mackerel, being an oily fish, are a healthy option. Try this mackerel recipe with a sticky sauce for a burst of flavour.

Ingredients

Four 500-600-g mackerel, cleaned and gutted

olive oil, for frying

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

ingredients for the Sticky Sauce

50 ml ketchup

25 g brown sugar

One quarter teaspoon cayenne pepper

Half teaspoon smoked paprika

One teaspoon onion powder

One teaspoon crushed garlic

Half teaspoon allspice

Half teaspoon ground cinnamon

Half teaspoon mace

Half teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

1. First make the sticky sauce. Place all ingredients in a non-reactive saucepan and bring slowly to the boil. Simmer for 5 minutes then allow to cool. Set aside until needed.

2. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Make small cuts along both sides of the mackerel and season inside and outside the fish. Heat some olive oil in a frying pan until smoking then char each side of the fish for a few minutes.

Transfer the mackerel to a roasting dish and put in the preheated oven.

3. After about 10 minutes take out the fish and paint the sticky sauce across the top of the fish. Return to the oven for a further 5 minutes until the sauce looks thick and sticky. Serve immediately.

More mackerel recipes can be found in The Fishy Fishy Cookbook.

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