Food

had a made up receipe success last night. spicy baked mackerel on lemon potatoes:

• quartered and par-boiled some waxy charlotte spuds.
  
• made a spice mix consisting of: dozen black pepper corns, cumin seeds, smoked paprika, chilli flakes and turmeric bashed up in a pestle and mortar.
  
• make into wet paste with two garlic cloves, tablespoon of oil, juice of half a lemon and a splosh of white wine vinegar.
  
• smear over mackerel fillets and leave in fridge for half hour.
  
• drain spuds, toss in a tiny bit of olive oil with a couple of sliced of lemon and stick in hot oven for 15 mins till they start to brown.
  
• place spice coated mackerel over the potatoes, skin side up. eek out all remaining marinade and pour over.
  
• bake for a further 20-25 minutes till skin is crispy, potatoes have roasted in the juices and fish is cooked though.
  
• serve with green salad and cold beer.
  
• oh my.
  
  

the crispy, spicy skin was amazing. as was wrapping a hot, spicy, fudgy potato in a crisp, lemony salty lettuce leaf and muching whole. leftovers tonight. geddin.