Friday, May 25, 2007

745. MACKEREL BAKED with SAGE and BACON

serves 4 as a starter and 2 as a main course


2 mackerel, cut into 8 fillets and pinboned
8 slices of rindless unsmoked streaky bacon
16 fresh sage leaves
1 tbsp olive oil

Preheat the oven to 220°C, gas mark 7. Place the fish on a baking tray, skin-side up. Season with salt and pepper and brush with a little olive oil. Plaster 2 sage leaves onto each fillet, then wrap bacon around it. A sage leaf should protrude from each side of the bacon. Bake for 15 minutes till the skin and bacon are crisp. This is delicious with spinach and mashed potato.


courtesy of: Waitrose Food Illustrated, September 2006 / Waitrose Limited, Doncastle Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 8YA

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