Skip to main content
Eat well

Roasted mackerel with new potatoes and beetroot

This fish dish contains a type of omega-3 that can help keep your heart healthy.

Roasted mackerel new potatoes beetroot

Meal type: Main meal

Serves: 2

Preparation time: 25 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

  1. Preheat the oven to 200˚C/180˚C fan/gas mark 6. Toss the potatoes in the oil and crushed garlic. Arrange onto a non-stick baking tray and roast for 20 minutes, turning halfway through.
  2. Push the potatoes to one side of the baking tray and add the fish fillets to the tray, skin side down. Drizzle with the orange juice and scatter the zest and chopped parsley over the top. Return to the oven for 10 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, pile the beetroot and spinach onto a serving platter.
  4. Mix together the dressing ingredients.
  5. When the fish and potatoes are cooked, remove from the oven, peel the skin from the fish and break the flesh into rough chunks. Spoon the potatoes and flaked fish into the centre of the salad and drizzle with the dressing. Serve immediately.

Oily fish such as mackerel, trout and salmon provides a type of Omega-3 that may help keep your heart healthy. Horseradish sauce can be salty, so choose the lowest-salt version you can find.

Nutritional Information

Each Portion Contains:

Energy 1573kJ 377kcal 19%
Carbs 25.9g -
Fibre 4.1g 14%
Fat 20.3g Medium 29%
Saturates 4.3g Low 22%
Sugar 10.3g Low 11%
Salt 0.61g Low 10%

% = an adult's reference intake

Tried this at home?

Have you given this recipe a go? Send us an email with your feedback, tips, and photos for a chance to be featured in the next issue of Heart Matters Magazine.

Ingredients

225g (8oz) baby new potatoes, scrubbed and halved

1 tsp rapeseed oil

1 clove garlic, crushed

200g (7oz) fresh mackerel fillets (or trout or salmon)

Finely grated zest and juice of ½ orange

1 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped

100g (4oz) cooked beetroot, sliced or diced

50g (2oz) fresh baby spinach leaves

For the dressing

Finely grated zest and juice of ½ orange

2 tsp horseradish sauce