Grilled Mackerel Fillets with Lemon Chilli Relish
Take some of Tim’s fresh mackerel and serve it up with a tangy lemon relish – Great!

Ingredients (Serves 4) 4 mackerel, filleted A little olive or sunflower oil Salt and pepper For the relish 2 lemons 4 tbsp caster sugar 1 tsp coriander seeds, coarsely crushed ½ tbsp black mustard seeds 1 red chilli, deseeded and thinly sliced 2 plum tomatoes, deseeded and finely diced

Method
First you’ve got to make the relish. Slice the lemons very thinly with a sharp knife, discarding the ends. Save all the juice that is squeezed out as you cut (or as much as you can).

Lay the lemon slices in a shallow dish in a single layer and pour over enough boiling water to just cover. Let it stand for 3 minutes, then drain. Repeat with a new lot of boiling water, leave to stand for another 3 minutes, then drain again. Cut the lemon slices into quarters.
Put the sugar into a saucepan with 6 tablespoons of water. Stir over a medium heat until the sugar has dissolved. Add the lemon quarters, the saved lemon juice, the spices and the chilli. Simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is very syrupy and the lemon rind is translucent and tender.

Take off the heat and stir in the tomato. Leave to cool.

Preheat the grill thoroughly. Cover the grill rack with a sheet of silver foil (so that the mackerel won’t stick to the bars). Brush the foil with a little oil. Season the cut sides of the fillets with salt and pepper. Lay them, cut-sides down, skin upwards on the foil, and brush the skins lightly with oil.

Grill close until the skin has browned nicely. Turn over the fish. The heat of the grill will probably have been enough to cook the fillets right through already, but if they look a touch raw, grill for another minute or two, cut-sides up.

As soon as the fillets are cooked, serve with the relish.

This recipe is from The First-time Cook, by Sophie Grigson, which is published by Collins (www.collins.co.uk) and is priced at £17.99

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