A spicy paste adds a tasty flourish to this dish
Serves 4
Ready in 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 mackerel, cleaned, headed and tails removed
- 25g butter, softened
- ½tsp cayenne
- 1½tsp paprika
- 2tsp Asda English Mustard
- 1tbsp Asda Balsamic Vinegar
- 1½tsp brown sugar
- New potatoes and veg, to serve
Method
1 Preheat the oven to 200C/ 180C Fan/Gas 6. Cut 3 or 4 diagonal slashes on one side of the mackerel. Put in an ovenproof dish in a single layer, cut side up.
2 Mix the butter with the cayenne, paprika, mustard, balsamic vinegar and sugar. Spread a little in the cuts on the mackerel, and the rest inside the fish.
3 Bake for 20 minutes or until flesh in the cuts is opaque and firm. Serve with potatoes and veg.