Yesterday, my son had to go to the city, so he was gone for the day. That was my opportunity to make a noshing "lunner" for the DH and I. We love our noshes. We set small dishes out on the table the just pick and choose. I made the eggplant falafels (see post on Mapo Eggplant thread,) some yogurt-tomato sauce, oven fried mackerel and simple crostini. It was all washed down with some red wine. It tasted just like Spain, or Portugal.
The mackerel was purchased at the Chinese super market where the seafood is so fresh. I had to freeze it though, because of the holidays, but it was still amazing. These fish are small and slender and are really tasty. I poured some olive oil in a quarter sheet pant, laid the fish down on the pan and sprinkled the fish with salt, pepper, paprika, kelp and a splash of more olive oil an a squeeze of fresh lime. I put them in a fairly hot 400 degree oven and turned them once so they would be brown and crispy on both sides.
The DH loved it! He had a hard time, at first, removing the bones. (He's never been a fisherman, nor a chef.) Once he got the hang of it, he couldn't stop.
I'm saving all of the bones to make a dashi soup stock.