Sonny’s Mackerel Recipe
Photography by Steve Painter
Many of you won’t know this, but Sonny’s family originally had a shop in King’s Road and now he’s back with a restaurant to add to their shop in the Old Town, where Sonny regularly smokes mackerel using oak chippings.
Pan-fried mackerel, apple and fennel
coleslaw, samphire and chilli oil
Food Photography by Steve Painter
INGREDIENTS – serves 1-2
2x mackerel fillets
50g Samphire
1x green apple
1x fennel bulb
1/4 white cabbage
1x carrot
1x white onion
1x lemon
2 tablespoons mayonnaise Sprinkle of chopped parsley Seasoned flour
Chilli oil
![Sonny at his Smokery in the Old Town](https://gethastings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rock_a_nore_sonny_smoked_mackeral_3942-1-1024x683.jpg)
To make the fennel coleslaw, thinly slice the fennel bulb, white cabbage and white onion, peel and grate the carrot, mix together with mayonnaise and a sprinkle of chopped parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste. Lightly dust the mackerel fillets in seasoned flour and pan fry for 3 mins on each side. Thinly chop the apple and squeeze juice from 1/4 of a lemon onto the apple. Place the mackerel on top of the coleslaw and then the apple on top of the mackerel. Drizzle over chilli oil. Enjoy!
![Sonny with his daughter Daisy outside their new shop on King's Road.](https://gethastings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rock_a_nore_sonny_daisy_portrait_3181-1024x683.jpg)