Mackerel with compressed watermelon, crab and horseradish salad

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Kevin Mangeolles' stylish mackerel and horseradish recipe certainly looks fit for a party. It comes with a striking slice of compressed watermelon, just to make sure that it stands out from the crowd.

Ingredients

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Equipment

  • Vacuum bag and machine

Method

1
Place 2 of the mackerel fillets together so the skin is facing outwards. Wrap in cling film to create a firm cylinder, then repeat with the other 2 fillets. Place in the fridge to firm up
2
Remove the cling film from the fish. Cut the mackerel into 12 small pieces and pan-fry in a little oil for 2 minutes on each side
  • 1 tbsp of oil
3
Place the watermelon pieces in a vacuum bag and seal - this will intensify the flavour and colour of the watermelon. If serving straight away, remove the watermelon from the bag
  • 1 watermelon, cut into 12 x 3cm square 1cm thick pieces. Seeds removed
4
For the horseradish cream, mix together the horseradish, cream, lemon juice, salt and pepper
5
Using a pastry brush, paint a big strip of the horseradish cream on the plates. Place 3 pieces of the watermelon on top, evenly spaced along the sweep
6
Place a piece of mackerel on top of each piece of melon. Mix the rest of the cream with the crab and arrange on top of the mackerel. Garnish with some pea shoots and serve immediately

Given the name of Chef Kevin Mangeolles’s restaurant – The Neptune, in Hunstanton, Norfolk – you’d be right to suspect that the chef has an affinity for quarry caught with net or hook.

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