Mackerel With Orange And Avocado Salsa Recipes

PAN-FRIED MACKEREL WITH ORANGE SALSA

Steps:

• Rub the fillets on both sides with the paprika and a little salt, then set aside. Mix the orange segments with the shallot, olives, parsley and a good grinding of black pepper.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the mackerel on both sides for 2-3 mins. Serve with the salsa and some new potatoes and green beans, if you like.

MACKEREL WITH ORANGE & HARISSA GLAZE

Steps:

• Roll the mackerel fillets in the flour sifted with smoked paprika and seasoning. Shake off excess flour and set the fish aside in a single layer.
• Put 1 tbsp of the olive oil, the orange zest and juice and the harissa paste into a small bowl, and whisk together. Heat a frying pan with remaining olive oil until very hot. Fry the fish fillets for 5 mins, first on the skin side, then on the flesh side.
• When the fish is nearly cooked - it should look firm - pour over the orange and harissa glaze, bring to the boil and allow the liquid to bubble until sticky. Sprinkle over the pine nuts and coriander.

AVOCADO TOMATILLO SALSA

Steps:

• Place tomatillos into a food processor. Add serrano pepper, avocado, cilantro, and lime juice. Season with salt to taste. Process until smooth; adjust seasoning. Transfer to a serving bowl.

ORANGE-AVOCADO SALSA

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk lime juice and honey until combined. Season with salt and pepper; set aside.
• Slice off both ends of each orange. Following the curve of the fruit, slice away peel and white pith. Cut oranges into quarters lengthwise; slice sections crosswise into 1/4-inch thick pieces. Transfer to bowl along with onion and avocado; toss gently to coat with dressing. Spoon over chicken breasts (or fish or roasted pork). Serve immediately.

MAPLE-SOY-GLAZED MACKEREL FILLETS WITH AVOCADO

Steps:

• Briskly simmer vinegar, soy sauce, Sherry, and maple syrup in a 9- to 10-inch heavy skillet over moderately low heat until reduced to about 1/3 cup, 20 to 25 minutes. Keep warm.
• Prepare avocado while sauce reduces:
• Quarter avocado lengthwise, then pit and peel. Cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices, then gently toss together with lemon juice, oil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
• Glaze and bake fish:
• Preheat broiler. Line a large (15- by 10-inch) shallow baking pan with foil. 3Reserve about one fourth of glaze in a small bowl.
• Arrange fillets, skin sides down, in 1 layer in baking pan. Spoon about one third of remaining glaze over fillet, then spread with back of spoon to coat evenly.
• Broil fish 5 to 6 inches from heat, without turning, 2 minutes. Remove pan from broiler and coat with another layer of glaze, then broil 2 minutes more. Remove fillets from broiler and apply a third coat of glaze, then broil 1 minute more (for a total of 5 minutes). Remove from broiler and, with a clean spoon, apply reserved glaze. (Reserved glaze will not have touched uncooked fish.)
• Divide avocado salad among 4 plates, then serve fish alongside it.

ROASTED MACKEREL AND AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Make several diagonal slashes (1/8 inch deep) in mackerel skin about 1 inch apart. Coat both sides of mackerel with 2 tablespoons oil, then season with 3/4 teaspoon salt (total).
• Broil mackerel, skin side up, in a 4-sided sheet pan about 4 inches from heat until just cooked through and skin is crisp in spots, about 7 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together remaining 1/3 cup oil, lemon juice, mustard, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl. Reserve 2 tablespoons vinaigrette, then toss radicchio and parsley with remaining vinaigrette.
• Serve salad topped with avocado and mackerel and drizzled with reserved vinaigrette.

MACKEREL WITH ORANGE AND AVOCADO SALSA

Steps:

• For the fillets:.
• Mix 1 tbspoon of olive oil with 1 tbspoon of lemon juice, sweet paprika, cumin, basil, salt and pepper(to taste) and rub the fillets (on the meaty side not on the skin).
• Heat 1 tbspoon of olive oil in a non stick pan over medium to high heat and fry the fillets both sides, about 1.1 and half minutes each side (to get it perfect, watch when the fillets are turning white at least half of their thickness before you flip them over).
• For the greek yogurt sauce:.
• Mix the yogurt with the crushed garlic, chilli flakes, sugar, salt and pepper (to taste), lime or lemon zest, juice from half lemon or lime (add juice to your taste, keep in mind that the sauce must be sour and a bit sweet with a kick of hotness from the chilli flakes).
• For the fresh orange salsa :.
• Peel the oranges (and each slice separatley) and chop them roughly, chop the onion, avocado, parsley or coriander and the olives. Add them all into a bowl, add the poppy seeds, a bit of lime or lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of olive oil (optional) and mix them all togheter.
• Serve hot with lime or lemon slices.