Grilled Mackerel With Onions, Olives and Pesto Drizzle

Name: Grilled Mackerel With Onions, Olives and Pesto Drizzle
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 mackerel fillets; 2 onions; 1 fennel bulb; 2 garlic cloves; 10 -15 black olives (according to taste); 1 teaspoon fennel seed (ground with pestle and mortar); parsley; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch pepper; 1 teaspoon pesto sauce; olive oil

Submitted by Elin7551

"This is my adaptation of a dish I was served in a restaurant in France. It is delicious!"

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 2

ingredients

2 mackerel fillets
2 onions
1 fennel bulb
2 garlic cloves
10 -15 black olives (according to taste)
1 teaspoon fennel seed (ground with pestle and mortar)
parsley
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
1 teaspoon pesto sauce
olive oil

directions

In a pan, heat a tablespoon olive oil.
Add finely sliced onions, fennel and garlic.
Cook until the onions and fennel start to soften (get shiny) and add olives, parsley, ground fennel seeds and a pinch of pepper.
Rub a pinch of salt into the skin of each fish fillet.
Under a hot, preheated grill, grill the fish, skin side up, until skin is crispy.
Mix 1 teaspoon pesto with 3 tablespoons olive oil.
Serve fish topped with the onion and olive mixture and drizzle with pesto/olive oil.
The dish goes well with fries or baked potato and roast vegetables such as roast tomatoes.