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Mackerel salad with saffron
- Prep time:
- 30 mins
- Cook time:
- 10 mins
- Serves:
- 2
A delectable starter from Giorgio Locatelli: crisp saffron-flavoured mackerel fillets in pancetta, with salad leaves and a saffron vinaigrette.
Ingredients
- 4 mackerel fillets, weighing 80-90g each
- extra virgin Olive oil
- 12 thin slices Pancetta
- 1 1/2 tbsp chopped Chives
- 3 small handfuls mixed salad leaves
- black pepper
For the plain vinaigrette:
Method
1. To make the saffron vinaigrette, combine the sugar, water, saffron,vinegar and seasonings in a small bowl. Whisk in the oil until smooth.
2. Rub the mackerel fillets with oil, salt and pepper. Cut each fillet into three pieces. Wrap a slice of pancetta around each piece.
3. Heat a little oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Put the mackerel pieces in the pan, skin side down, pressing them flat to prevent the pancetta from shrinking.
4. Put the salad leaves in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Toss with just enough vinaigrette to coat the leaves. Arrange some salad in the middle of each plate.
5. When the mackerel pieces are brown and crispy on one side, turn them over and continue cooking for a couple of minutes.
6. Remove the mackerel from the pan. Using tongs, briefly dip the pieces in the saffron vinaigrette.
7. Arrange the mackerel on the salad. Drizzle with the remaining saffron vinaigrette and sprinkle with chives. Serve warm.
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Tasty meal although I felt the saffron was unnecessary.
whats good about the meal for example has it got a lot of carbohydrate
Mackeral cheap and lovely. Pancetta horribly expensive, Saffron the most expesive thing you can buy. How about do it again with very thin sliced bacon and turmeric ???