Ingredients

  • ½ small bulb fennel with leafy tops
  • ¼ stale ciabatta loaf, crust removed
  • 1 handful pine nuts, lightly toasted
  • 1 handful chopped walnuts
  • 1 handful fresh chives & parsley, chopped
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 50g (2 oz) Kerrygold Pure Irish Salted Butter
  • 8 slices pancetta or dry-cured smoked bacon rashers
  • 4 fresh mackerels, gutted, scaled and filleted
  • 4 rosemary twigs
Print recept

Directions

Mackerel and pancetta. An unlikely pair but an inspired idea. Pancetta is Italian for cured pork belly. If you can’t get your hands on it, smoked rashers are fine. A surprisingly cheap but flavoursome supper, this recipe is a match for the best.
  1. First remove the leafy tops and stalk from the fennel. Halve the fennel bulb and chop finely.
  2. Whiz up the ciabatta into coarse breadcrumbs in a food processor and put the crumbs into a bowl with the fennel, pine nuts, walnuts, chives & parsley. Season well and mix in the melted butter.
  3. Preheat the oven to 220C/ Gas Mark 7. On a clean board, lay out the pancetta. Place a mackerel skin side down at right angles to the pancetta. Stuff the mackerel pouch with some of the breadcrumb mix and then wrap the pancetta around the fish and hold it in place with a rosemary twig.  Repeat this process with the remaining fish and place them in an ovenproof dish.  Roast the fish at the top of the preheated oven for 10 -15 minutes or until the fish has started to crisp.
  4. Serve with a rocket salad & a juicy wedge of lemon.

Want More Ideas?

Follow Kerrygold on Instagram

explore our

Similar Recipes

Baking

Madeira Cake

This iconic cake is a favourite with all the family. Curious culinary spirits ca...

Main courses

Lamb chops with red wine, rosemary and garlic butter

Marinated lamb chops. Tender and tasty. Bring out the best in them with rosemary...

Desserts

Apple Tart

The sublime supper favourite, homemade apple tart evokes childhood memories of g...

Starters

Crab Tian with brown soda bread & cherry tomatoes

A seafood starter that sets the tone at dinner parties. Find the freshest white...

Baking

Lemon Drizzle Squares

Tried, tested and perfected, this recipe is in the oven in five minutes flat. Ju...

Main courses

Irish stew hot-pot

Cold Winter evenings, a peat fire and pot of stew. This recipe is a right of pas...

Baking

Irish Scones

There are two secret ingredients to fab scones. Kerrygold and a splash of love....

see more