CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
|
|
Chefs, Surprise |
2 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
2 |
|
Mackerel |
5 |
|
Tomatoes |
1 |
|
Onion |
1 |
|
Clove garlic |
1 |
t |
Sugar |
1 |
t |
Red wine vinegar |
1/2 |
T |
Tomato puree |
4 |
oz |
Polenta |
2 |
oz |
Unsalted butter |
3 |
T |
Olive oil |
|
|
Salt and pepper |
3 |
|
Basil leaves |
1 |
oz |
Pine kernels |
1 |
oz |
Grated parmesan |
2 |
|
Cloves garlic |
5 |
|
Olive oil |
INSTRUCTIONS
Bring to the boil 1 1/2 pints of water, add 2tsp of salt. Once the
water is boiling whisk in the polenta flour; when it starts to thicken
add the grated parmesan and 2oz of diced butter whisking till melted.
Pour the polenta into a shallow baking tray and leave to cool. Blanch
and deseed the tomatoes. Cut each tomato into 8 pieces. Peel and
finely slice the onion. Crush the clove of garlic. Heat 1tbsp of the
olive oil in a saucepan, add the sliced onion and the garlic and
gently cook (with the pan covered) until the onion softens. Add the
tomato, red wine vinegar, sugar, tomato puree and season. Stir in well
and allow to stew slowly until the mixture dries out a little. It
needs to cook slowly for approximately 20 minutes. Fillet and pin bone
the mackerel. Score each fillet of mackerel and season each fillet on
the meat side. Place the fillets, skin side up, on a grilling tray
greased with some of the olive oil. Melt the remainder of the butter
and brush this on to the skin of each mackerel fillet then slightly
sprinkle them with salt. Cut the polenta into 3 inch diameter rounds.
Place on a greased tray and brush the tops with a little of the
remaining butter melted and grill with the mackerel fillets. When the
mackerel has cooked the skin should be crisp and brown. The polenta
will also brown slightly. To assemble place a round of polenta in the
middle of each plate, spoon the stewed tomato onto the polenta. Lay a
fillet of mackerel on top of the tomato and either put a spoon of
pesto on top of the mackerel or spoon it around. Converted by
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