Jane Grigson

Macquereaux aux Groseilles

Mackerel stuffed with gooseberries

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      25 min

Appears in
The Cooking of Normandy
The Cooking of Normandy

By Jane Grigson

Published 1987

  • About

The French for gooseberry is ‘groseille au maquereau’, and this is one of the few French recipes that make use of gooseberries, which are a rare fruit even in the north.

Ingredients

  • 500 g (1 lb) gooseberries, topped and tailed
  • 50 g (2

Method

To make the stuffing and sauce, cook the gooseberries in half the butter in an enamel, stainless steel or non-stick pan, until they are soft. Strain off and reserve the juice. Mix about half the gooseberries with the breadcrumbs, using some of the juice to bind the stuffing. Season the stuffing and divide it between the mackerel. Put any stuffing left over back into the pan. Add the crème fr