Mackerel Season has officially begun!
Rick and Anna are now officially on holiday at Invergarry Lodge (at least it seems that way) so today we headed down to Kinlochhourn to my proven fishing spot to try and catch us some dinner.
The drive down to Kinlochhourn was as spectacular as ever, highland cows and some big old stags standing guard along the road while an eagle soared above us. Success didn’t come straight away but it did come in the end, we left with three good fish, would have been four if it wasn’t for the one that jumped for freedom off Ricks’ rod as he brought it in to the shore.
Jenny put her culinary skills to the test when we got back and I can highly recommend freshly caught wild Scottish Mackerel with sesame oil, five spice, fresh ginger and lime, yum yum.
Nothing better than cooking freshly caught fish, we can lend you a rod if you fancy a go or you can head down to the seven heads store and pick up some fishing supplies – and some frozen chips to serve with your catch!
–Matt
9:07 pm on July 26th, 2010
Last mackerel I cooked was using a Rick Stein recipe – devilled mackerel with lots of chilli. It repeated something awful and I’ll never have it again. Might give Jen’s recipe a try, though, if we catch any. So far it’s been dogfish, flounders and a couple of bass.