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Mackerel en croûte with gooseberry chutney
Photo: Caroline Attwood

Mackerel en croûte with gooseberry chutney

16 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

This is one of James' restaurant dishes adapted for the home cook. Its fresh flavours and pretty presentation will wow.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

422
Calories
28g
Protein
24g
Fat
22g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cider not in our table 0
Mackerel not in our table 0
Pastry not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 125g/4½oz caster sugar
  • 50g/2oz sultanas
  • 2 fresh thyme
  • 40g/1¾oz piece fresh root ginger
  • ½ shallot
  • 100ml/3½fl oz cider vinegar
  • 300g/10½oz fresh gooseberries
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 250g/9oz salmon
  • 1 lemon
  • 110ml/4fl oz double cream
  • 4 whole mackerel
  • 4 sprigs fresh tarragon
  • 600g/1lb 5oz ready-made all-butter puff pastry
  • 2 free-range egg yolks
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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