Marinaded Oven Baked Whole Mackerel, Oysters and Radicchio Salad

This gorgeous Marinaded Oven Baked Whole Mackerel, Oysters and Radicchio Salad from Richard Corrigan is packed with amazing flavours including sumac, paprika, fenugreek and cumin. Completely delicious!

Ingredients

2 whole mackerel – cleaned, gutted and scaled

Marinade:
  • 50g pepper
  • 75g cloves
  • 25g fennel seed
  • 25g cumin
  • 25g star anise
  • 13g cardamom
  • ½ stick of cinnamon
  • 6g fenugreek
  • 25g paprika
  • 6g ginger – grated
  • 25g sumac
  • ½ x nutmeg – grated
  • 25g Maldon sea salt
  • 4 garlic gloves – grated
  • lemon juice (to taste)
  • 40g coriander – finely chopped
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
Dressing:
  • 450g natural yoghurt
  • 20g pomegranate
  • 4 radicchio leaves
  • 4 radicchio treviso leaves
  • Grapefruit – 2 segments and juice
  • Fresh jalapenos – thinly sliced

Method

Toast dry spices in hot pan and grind well together.

Mix well in a large bowl with ginger, sumac, nutmeg, salt, garlic, lemon juice, coriander and oil. Add spice mix to 400g of natural yoghurt and stir.

Score mackerel. Spread yoghurt generously over both mackerels including the inside and leave to marinade for at least 2 hours in container.

Add 2 teaspoons of grapefruit juice to remaining yoghurt and season with salt, pepper and olive oil.

Bake the mackerel in the oven at 220 degrees for 5-10 mins – you’ll know it’s ready when the meat can pull away easily.

Wash and dry radicchio leaves and gently dress with grapefruit juice and yoghurt/grapefruit mix.

Plate mackerel with the radicchio salad on the side and sprinkle with pomegranate, sliced jalapenos and grapefruit segments.

Ingredients

2 whole mackerel – cleaned, gutted and scaled

Marinade:
  • 50g pepper
  • 75g cloves
  • 25g fennel seed
  • 25g cumin
  • 25g star anise
  • 13g cardamom
  • ½ stick of cinnamon
  • 6g fenugreek
  • 25g paprika
  • 6g ginger – grated
  • 25g sumac
  • ½ x nutmeg – grated
  • 25g Maldon sea salt
  • 4 garlic gloves – grated
  • lemon juice (to taste)
  • 40g coriander – finely chopped
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
Dressing:
  • 450g natural yoghurt
  • 20g pomegranate
  • 4 radicchio leaves
  • 4 radicchio treviso leaves
  • Grapefruit – 2 segments and juice
  • Fresh jalapenos – thinly sliced

Method

Toast dry spices in hot pan and grind well together.

Mix well in a large bowl with ginger, sumac, nutmeg, salt, garlic, lemon juice, coriander and oil. Add spice mix to 400g of natural yoghurt and stir.

Score mackerel. Spread yoghurt generously over both mackerels including the inside and leave to marinade for at least 2 hours in container.

Add 2 teaspoons of grapefruit juice to remaining yoghurt and season with salt, pepper and olive oil.

Bake the mackerel in the oven at 220 degrees for 5-10 mins – you’ll know it’s ready when the meat can pull away easily.

Wash and dry radicchio leaves and gently dress with grapefruit juice and yoghurt/grapefruit mix.

Plate mackerel with the radicchio salad on the side and sprinkle with pomegranate, sliced jalapenos and grapefruit segments.