Mackerel with Cream and Dill

Name: Mackerel with Cream and Dill
Yield: serves 4 as a main course, 8 as a starter
Ingredients: 4 fresh mackerel; salt and freshly ground pepper; 175 ml cream; 8 g butter; 2–2½ tablespoons fresh dill, finely chopped

Preparation info

serves
4
as a main course

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Darina Allen's Simply Delicious Suppers

By Darina Allen

Published 2001

About

Dill, which is an annual herb, is particularly good with mackerel. One wouldn’t normally think of cream with an oily fish but this combination is surprisingly delicious and very fast to cook.

Ingredients

4 fresh mackerel
salt and freshly ground pepper
8 g butter

Supper
Fish course
Starter
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Gut the mackerel, fillet carefully, wash and dry well. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Melt the butter in a frying pan, fry the mackerel fillets flesh side down until golden brown, turn over on to the skin side, add the cream and freshly chopped dill. Simmer gently for 3 or 4 minutes or until the mackerel is cooked, taste the sauce and serve immediately.