Name: Smoked mackerel salad
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 2 handful of baby salad leaves; 1 slice of smoked mackerel fillet, skin removed; 1 handful cherry tomatoes; 1 handful green or black olives (pitted); ½ raw beetroot; 2 spring onions; 2 Tbsp olive oil; 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar

Smoked mackerel salad

18 Oct 2017

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Total Time

5 minutes

Background

I always keep smoked mackerel in the fridge, partly because it’s an oily fish (so very healthy) but also because it’s such a useful ingredient for quick and easy dishes. This smoked mackerel salad took me only 5 minutes to throw together - it was perfect for lunch. I used smoked mackerel with crushed peppercorns from Tesco, but any other spiced or just preserved mackerel would work well too.

Ingredients

2 handful of baby salad leaves
1 slice of smoked mackerel fillet, skin removed
1 handful cherry tomatoes
1 handful green or black olives (pitted)
½ raw beetroot
2 spring onions
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar

Instructions

Scatter the salad leaves onto a platter.
Flake the fish into bite-sized chunks. Grate the beetroot. Slice the spring onions and cut the tomatoes in half.
Add the fish, olives, spring onions, beetroot to the salad, toss.
Season the salad with salt and pepper and drizzle with oil and balsamic vinegar.