Fishy Cravings… Oven Grilled Mackarel
My weekly “menu” always include fish. Always! I went to the fishmonger hoping I can find SALMON. Been craving of the way our friend in Stockholm, Sweden prepared it. She topped it with feta, cashews and some Thai chili sauce. I have re invented this for my crew mates in France and they all love it.
If I find salmon then I find good use of the cashew nuts from the Christmas past! But no salmon, just some bream, squids and mackarel.
Hmm the Filipino way of tinola or Iska’s mackarel recipe… which I love. But to cook the mackarel that way then I would have to cook rice which is a NO NO today.
I only want something light. I feel so “heavy” since I have not been to gym for few days now. Got this awful stabbing pain at my lower back.
My sister was literally telling me off “MAYBE YOU DID YOUR EXERCISE WRONG!!”
or huh too much blogging tehee… sitting in front of a computer for so long is not healthy you know.
Lets go back to the MACKAREL… I cleaned them, this primal activity gives me a soothing effect but not the smelly part of it! Oven grilled the Med way ..here is how I did that. Posted it when I first started this blog.
Yesterday I roasted some EGGPLANTS, unskinned them placed them inside the fridge. I just added spring onions and tomato, drizzled with olive oil. I got that idea from Market Man.
Made some WILD ROCKET salad.I have to say wild as the Greeks collect them from the fields. When I was in Cannes I would look at the rocket small, uniform sizes obviously green house. These I got from the market have bitter stronger taste. Duh no more balsamic.
But I have VINAGRE DE JEREZ. A vinegar from Jerez made from wine in the Andalusian province of Cadiz, Spain.The Reserva which I have had been aged for over two years! Got that last Christmas….not too bad.
Well oven grilled mackarel, a small bowl of eggplant salad and some rocket.. life is good!
Now laundry is waiting!
Grilled mackerel is yum especially when the mackerel is fresh from the sea. I started going fishing last year and caught mackerel all the time and went home and grilled it with butter, tomatoes, onion, and parsley too. My friends (including my chef friend – who’s always curious about Filipino food) loved it when i prepared it this way last summer.
Aubergine salad… what a great combination! Can i come for dinner? He he.
Hi Sha! A Joyous New Year to you too! Thanks for your greetings! Yummy, your oven-grilled mackerel & salad really made me hungry! pahingi… 🙂 Take care! God bless!
NOW this is a kind of food I want.
“….Got this awful stabbing pain at my lower back.”
I can fix that, I know how to step on the back and give the “cracky” sound then feel a relief in your tired muscles.
Do some stretch. Here, let me pull your shoulder against your back. hehehee.
YUM….. that looks so good. We went to Merimbula few years ago ( a fishing town in NSW) and caught over 50 mackeral in one go there and had so much we didnt know what to do with it. I should ship them out to all my foodie bloggers around the world next time ey???
You’re are such a great cook. *drooling again*
naku, ang lamig dito ngayon. parang ang sarap magluto ng ganyan. kaya lang…hindi ko rin gusto yung amoy pag naglilinis nyan eh. hehe. 🙂
I’m not really a fish person, but this fish dish of yours is something that might interest my Filipino churhmates in Zurich. And talking about fish, I bought just yesterday a box of Findus microwavable fish meal. 🙂 I’m a convenience food kind of gal. The microwave is my best friend. But not the knives.
Your last line brought back traumatic memories. Hay, laundry. My schedule is on the 23rd. We get to wash our clothes only once a month! Our Swiss caretaker didn’t budge when we requested a change of schedule (in terms of frequency) for 2006. Ok, enough ranting now. This is not healthy. Exercise na tayo.
Dear Shalimar – thank you so much for the lovely-lovely foodie parcel! It arrived this morning and I have already devoured most of the cookies:)
I will write about it during the weekend/early next week, as I wanted to make the brownies before I write, but just wanted to say thanks now.
PS I have been checking your old blog every now and then (being quite keen to read about Greece and food for various reasons:) and was sad to see it was no longer updated. How I managed to miss the note saying you’ve moved, is beyond me. I’m glad I found you again – I’ll be checking back regularly!
Efharisto!
Grilled mackarel is excellent though most Malaysians don’t usually eat mackarel. Salmon? Sarap! I love raw salmon with wasabi, Japanese style.
Feta and Thai chili sauce? I have not tried this combination but it sounds adventurous. Somehow the feta that I get in Malaysia never tastes the same or as good as it tastes in Greece.
Sha, i’m in front of the computer all day at work. This can’t be good. Hmp. I registered to go to the gym last year and my enthusiasm only lasted a month! I forgot to cancel my registration and because i pay DD, i didn’t realise that i was paying for an expensive membership which i never use so i cancelled. Now my friend wants me to go with her. Unless she finds a pay-as-you-go, i will not be committing myself to another membership.
I’ll just use Jamie Oliver’s Flavour Shaker… this is like having a work out already!
Hi Sha,
Mackerel – yummy!
meron ka bang toyo or suka na may sili with steam rice…oppps kailangan palang bawasan ang carbohydrates hehehe…ayo-ayo amiga!
Mackerel, ambut lang diri sa germany uy if i can find fresh decent fish. They sure do have the mackerels here in pre packed bags maybe it will do. I am starting introduce vegetarian menus for my whole week, pero i start with 3 times a week veggies then 4 times meat or whatever is sinful for a diet 🙂
Wii sure be including this eggplant wild fire salad to the regimen, para di naman mag reklamo ang swisso 😛
salamat sa ideas
my god i should try making this one as well.
Shalimar, nagpalaway na pod ka da! Hanggang dito naaamoy ko.
day sha, fish graving sad ko karon,na miss nako kinilaw ang problema lang we’re not sure sa freshness ng isda dinhi sa De unya bawal sad ko ug hilaw nga isda karon
jinggay,na suwayan na nimo ang lachsfisch,lami sya paksiwon!
Shaaaaaaaa ang sarap naman nito. Kung pwede lang ipasok ang kamay sa monitor at makakurot sa isdang yan.
Happy New year!
I love mackerel!I hope that you can come over this summer. Para you would fish your own mackerel!
I swear, I’ll eat more fish this year!! Yummy! 🙂
So there IS something fishy going on in blogdom! 🙂 I love it! and eggpland salad is perfect with mackarel. Although, if you ask me, nothing beats bagoong dressing on that eggplant 😉
hmmm… sarap ha! try adding shredded unripe mangoes on your eggplant and yes JMom, w/ bagoong dressing!
All of your photos are just gorgeous! Have a great rest of the weekend. : )
Sarap nyan Sha! I love mackerel simply grilled then eaten with lots of veggies. 🙂
I’m at an internet cafe right now in a McDo just opposite King’s Cross station struggling with this very hard keyboard. Haay masisira ang aking mga daliri hindi na ako makakapag piano! Hehehe.
Just when I was craving for mackerels! I like them rubbed with dried spices like paprika, cayenne, cummin, etc, with a little vinegar and a little sugar. Then grilled. Delicious.
bigla tuloy akong ginutom.anyway i should try to cook some of these recipes.fish is healthy to eat esp salmon thats rich in oligo elements.sha,dont stop looking for some healty dishes