Barbecued Mackerel with Lemon&Rosemary

This is a Jamie Oliver recipe and we were going to do this on the barbecue but weather was so cold and windy did it on the cooker grill instead. Really lovely flavour as used all fresh herbs from the garden :)

Zest of 1 lemon

½ tbsp coarse sea salt

1 sprig of rosemary

Sprigs of thyme

freshly ground black pepper

small bunches of parsley

2 fresh mackerels, cleaned, scaled and gutted

Slash your mackerels on each side 3-4 times. (about half a cm deep). 

In a pestle & mortar bash up your rosemary, thyme, salt and lemon zest until you got a greenish-yellow sort of paste. Fill your mackerels with parsley and a pinch of pepper. 

Rub them with olive oil and smear all over the skin and into the slashes your lemon-rosemary-salt. Barbecue on each side for about 5 minutes or nicely charred and crisp on the outside and perfect on the inside. 

Serve with a slice of lemon