Mackerel with a Mustard Sauce

Name: Mackerel with a Mustard Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; salt; 50 g (2 oz) butter, cut into small pieces; 2 tablespoons wholegrain mustard; 2 cloves of garlic, crushed; 100 ml (4 fl oz) double cream; freshly ground black pepper; 4 mackerel, cleaned and scaled

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd on Oz

By Keith Floyd

Published 1991

About

People are a bit snobby about mackerel these days but, quite honestly, a freshly-caught one, swiftly cleaned and cooked, takes a lot of beating. This one is served with a mustard sauce.

Ingredients

4 mackerel, cleaned and scaled
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon

Oceania
Australia
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

With a sharp knife, slash the mackerel on each side, then rub the garlic into the fish. Brush with oil, season with salt and pepper, and wrap each one in foil. Barbecue or grill for about 20 minutes, turning them every 5 minutes or so.

While the fish are cooking, heat the cream in a small pan and add the butter bit by bit, whisking as you do so, which will thicken the cream. Pop in the