Star Anise Fragrant Mackerel with Apricots and Fresh Lime

Name: Star Anise Fragrant Mackerel with Apricots and Fresh Lime
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4-5 spring onions; 3 tablespoons sherry; 225 g/8 oz fresh apricots; 2 cloves garlic; juice of 2 limes; soy sauce; 4 small mackerel, gutted, with heads left on; 4 whole star anise; black pepper; salt

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Josceline Dimbleby’s Complete Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1997

About

This healthy dish is really quick to prepare. It also tastes excellent. Serve with steamed new potatoes and briefly cooked sliced spring greens.

Ingredients

4 small mackerel, gutted, with heads left on
4 whole star anise
225 g/8

Starter
Fish course
Pescatarian
Spring

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5. Lay the mackerel in a shallow ovenproof dish and insert a whole star anise inside each fish. Cut the apricots in half, remove the stones and chop the flesh finely. Peel the garlic and chop finely. Spoon the chopped apricots and garlic between