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Mackerel with peppers and smashed potato salad

Fish for compliments with great-value mackerel...and they'll be hooked!

Fish for compliments with great-value mackerel...and they'll be hooked!

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Cooking Time

Cook: 30 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: £1.74 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 445g serving contains

Energy
2181kj
521kcal
26%
Fat
28.9g
High
41%
Saturates
5.8g
Med
29%
Sugars
6.2g
Med
7%
Salt
0.58g
Med
10%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
490kj/117kcal

Ingredients

700g baby potatoes

Juice and zest of 1 lemon

A few basil leaves, roughly chopped

2tbsp rapeseed oil

2 red peppers, halved and deseeded

4 Fishmonger’s Selection Mackerel Fillets

1 clove garlic, crushed

½ x 70g bag strong wild rocket

Method

1
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
2
Put the baby potatoes in a pan of cold water, bring to the boil and simmer for 20-25 mins until soft. Drain well, return to the pan and toss in the lemon juice, basil and 1tbsp of the oil. Season with black pepper. Use the back of a fork to crush the potatoes.
3
Meanwhile, put the peppers on a baking tray, drizzle with ½tbsp oil and season with black pepper. Roast in the oven for 20 mins until soft and slightly charred. Cut into strips and add to the potatoes.
4
Place the mackerel on a foil-lined baking tray, drizzle with the remaining oil, rub with the garlic and lemon zest and season with black pepper.
5
Cook in the oven for 8 mins until the flesh is opaque and flakes easily. Serve with the peppers and potato salad and rocket.

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