Mackerel gets a bad rap. I think it's the name. Mackerel. It just sounds boring. Turns, out, though, it's delicious! All flavoury oily goodness, and good for you, too. Like, super good.
We didn't know that going in, of course. We were just focusing on the boring part. But then we saw the paprika, and the garlic, and the saffron, and remembered that Gordon doesn't do boring.
You can see, though, how we might have come to the conclusion that mackerel is a boring fish. With so much excitement going in to the dish, surely that must have been to cover an inherent lack. I mean, we're rubbing flavour right onto the fish itself here.
Whatever we may have been thinking about the mackerel, there was no denying that it is a beautiful fish. Just gorgeous.
With the fish roasting away, we had time to contemplate its accompaniment. A "gently Spanish vinaigrette," was just as advertised - saffron, mustard and olive oil working nicely together - but the boiled new potatoes seemed, well, blah.
They even look blah. If you needed a picture of blah, you couldn't ask for much better than that.
All in all a success - the fish was delicious, if a tad dangerous to those not on the lookout for bones. The potatoes were the only real downside; they seemed out of place in the dish overall, and certainly didn't help our plating!
We didn't know that going in, of course. We were just focusing on the boring part. But then we saw the paprika, and the garlic, and the saffron, and remembered that Gordon doesn't do boring.
You can see, though, how we might have come to the conclusion that mackerel is a boring fish. With so much excitement going in to the dish, surely that must have been to cover an inherent lack. I mean, we're rubbing flavour right onto the fish itself here.
Whatever we may have been thinking about the mackerel, there was no denying that it is a beautiful fish. Just gorgeous.
With the fish roasting away, we had time to contemplate its accompaniment. A "gently Spanish vinaigrette," was just as advertised - saffron, mustard and olive oil working nicely together - but the boiled new potatoes seemed, well, blah.
They even look blah. If you needed a picture of blah, you couldn't ask for much better than that.
All in all a success - the fish was delicious, if a tad dangerous to those not on the lookout for bones. The potatoes were the only real downside; they seemed out of place in the dish overall, and certainly didn't help our plating!
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