Name: Pan-Fried Mackerel with Wheat Berry Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 raw beetroot/beets, cut into bite-size wedges; a squeeze of lemon juice; 4–8 mackerel fillets, depending on their size; 1 small red onion, finely sliced; 1 butternut squash, peeled and cut into small bite-size chunks; 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for frying; 150 g/5½ oz/1 cup wheat berries, soaked in water overnight; 1 bay leaf; 1 large radicchio, roughly chopped, or 50g/1¾oz baby ruby chard; 1 small bunch of parsley, chopped; 4 tbsp rapeseed/canola oil; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tbsp white wine vinegar; 2 tbsp honey; zest of 1 orange; 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard finely grated

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

In the Mood for Healthy Food

By Jo Pratt

Published 2015

About

Wheat berries are a versatile whole grain with a sweet, nutty taste and a delightful chewy texture, which are packed with fibre, antioxidants and disease-fighting compounds called lignans. They are becoming more widely available in supermarkets – if you can’t locate them, great alternatives are farro, pearl barley, pearled spelt or bulgur wheat, which is in fact precooked, dried and cracked wheat berries.