Oven-baked mackerel with tomatoes and buckwheat
The cheapest omega-3 fish in our shops – with roasted tomatoes and Lithuanian buckwheat.
⏱ 35 min · serves 2 · Lithuanian home cooking · Not spicy at all
581kcal
38 gprotein
53 gcarbs
26 gfat
9 gfibre
Per serving, out of 2. Worked out from the grams of each ingredient using a food database – so it's approximate.
Allergens: Fish · may contain traces of gluten (check the labels)
Ingredients (serves 2)
- Mackerel (raw)300 g
- Tomato300 g
- Onion80 g
- Buckwheat (dry)120 g
- Olive oil5 g
- Lemon20 g
Also: Garlic, thyme, dill, salt, pepper
Method
- Get ready: rinse the buckwheat (120 g). Halve the tomatoes (300 g), cut the onion into wedges and thinly slice 1 garlic clove.
- Cover the buckwheat with 240 ml water, season lightly with salt and bring to the boil over high heat for 2–3 min. Then cover and cook over low heat for 15 min, until the water is absorbed.
- Turn the oven on to 200 °C to heat up (about 10 min). Pat the mackerel fillets (300 g) dry and check for any bones.
- Lay the mackerel on a tray skin side down, with the tomatoes, onion and garlic around it. Drizzle with the oil (5 g) and lemon juice, and season with thyme, pepper and a little salt.
- Roast at 200 °C for 18–20 min, until the tomatoes are soft.
- Check the fish: it should be opaque and flake easily with a fork. If not, roast at 200 °C for another 3 min.
- Sprinkle with dill and serve with the buckwheat.
Tips
- Ask at the fish counter for the mackerel to be filleted – most shops do it for free.
- Mackerel is an oily fish – you barely need any oil.
- Coeliac? Choose buckwheat labelled “gluten-free”.
- Want it hotter? A pinch of chilli over the tomatoes.
- Want it lighter? A third less buckwheat, more tomatoes.
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