Smoked Mackerel and Red Pepper Bruschetta

[Nick]

Another in an infrequent series!

Smoked Mackerel and Red Pepper Bruschetta

Serves 2 Prep Time : 5 mins Cooking Time : 5 Mins

Ingredients
2 smoked mackerel fillets
4 tsp. chopped chives
4 tsp. fromage frais
juice of half lemon
1 jar roasted peppers in olive oil
1 mini foccacia
fresh salad leaves or new potatoes


Method
Remove the skin from the mackerel and then roughly mash the flesh with a fork.
Add the chopped chives, fromage frais and lemon juice and season well with salt and pepper
Drain the peppers and roughly chop half of them, cutting the remainder into strips.
Mix the chopped peppers into the mackerel mix.
Split the mini foccacia in half horizontally and drizzle with the oil from the peppers, then lightly toast on both sides to crisp up.
Divide the mackerel between the bruschetta, and then top with the sliced peppers.
Place under a high grill and cook until heated through.
Serve with crisp salad leaves for lunch or add new potatoes for a light summer supper.

[Knoxville]

Sounds delish dude, its times like these i wish i could cook more than beans on toast ........

[acidrainy]

I've never seen roasted peppers in olive oil before, must keep an eye out.


/me awaits next instalment clutching a fork and knife

[directhex]

they sell 'em in waitrose, acidrainy.

sounds tasty, i like bruschetta.

--jo

[Anders]

Cool, sounds like an original starter. Bruschetta is all good, although I’ve only had it with tomato and onions on, which I assume is the “normal” way (if there is such a thing as normal). It’s probably the oh so bad for you, and therefore tasty, oil that makes it.

[Nick]

Bruschetta rock!

Toast, but in a trendy kinda way...

And Hex, they DO NOT sell them in blimmin Waitrose! Blasphemer!

But the saintly Sainsbury's stock them...

(guess whos just got his first set of share options through)

Acid, if I get time, I'll stick another recipe up Wednesday.

Any requests?

[directhex]

summat with pasta'd be nice.

and i meant peppers in oil o_O

--jo

[spikegifted]

Being the super-lazy type, I tend to just hack off some Oriental instant noodles... Can't beat them! Just make sure that you don't use too much of that monosodiumglutimate.

[Theo]

Originally posted by Deckard

Acid, if I get time, I'll stick another recipe up Wednesday.

Any requests?

How about a dessert of some sort based around Marscapone Cheese? Something other than cheesecake/chocolate cheesecake/cheesecake with icecream/strawberry cheesecake etc

Or maybe just go full whack with a three course meal comprising of a Vegetable based soup, Minced lamb and some sort of pasta based main course and the marscapone based dessert? :>

[BoB_DoG]

I reckon mackerel is best barbecued, tho that recipe does sound tasty

[Kilrov]

Originally Posted By Deckard
But the saintly Sainsbury's stock them...(guess whos just got his first set of share options through)

I got sent the share option information as well, didnt apply for any though.

[Stringent]

Ohh that sounds nice I like Mackrel, boney but a very tastey fish

[TiG]

Chicken Recipe please.....

TiG

[Zak33]

Originally posted by Anders
It’s probably the oh so bad for you, and therefore tasty, oil that makes it.

Mate..if its good quality Olive Oil, (and so long as you havent cooked it to smoking, cos that createsa possible carcingen situ ).....then there is NOWT wrong or bad for ya. In fact I am an avid advocate of olive oil intake.....it does you good, not bad

Olive oil and red wine......the reason Italians and Greeks are so healthy at old age

[sexeh]

/me holds stomach and groans