Smoked mackerel with herb spelt & horseradish dressing

Smoked mackerel with herb spelt & horseradish dressing

Smoked fish and horseradish is a brilliant match – you can also try hot smoked trout or salmon

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Method

  1. Cook the spelt in salted water until tender, about 20 minutes. Rinse, drain then toss with the onion and ½ the lemon juice. Season.
  2. Lower the eggs into boiling water, cook for 8 minutes then cool in cold water.
  3. Add the cucumber, parsley and ½ of the dill to the spelt and spoon onto 2 plates. Shell and quarter the eggs and add to the plates with the fish. Mix the mayo, horseradish, lemon juice, remaining dill and a little water, season, then drizzle on the salad.

PER SERVING

726 kcalories, protein 33.5g, carbohydrate 34.9g, fat 50.6 g, saturated fat 11.4g, fibre 3.9g, salt 3.27 g

Recipe from olive magazine, June 2011.

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  • 10 April 2012

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used pearl barley as I don't know what pearl spelt is and it looks pretty similar from the picture. It made a tasty salad, only thing I would do differently next time is less red onion (or forego it completely).

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Ingredients

  • 100g pearled spelt
  • ½ small red onion , finely sliced
  • 1 lemon , juiced
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cucumber , seeds scooped out and sliced
  • ½ small bunch flat-leaf parsley , chopped
  • ½ small bunch dill , chopped
  • 200g smoked mackerel , skin discarded and flaked
  • 2 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp horseradish sauce
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PER SERVING

726 kcalories, protein 33.5g, carbohydrate 34.9g, fat 50.6 g, saturated fat 11.4g, fibre 3.9g, salt 3.27 g

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