Jamie Magazine
By Jamie Oliver
Herring tacos
With fresh salsa & guac
30 mins
Not Too Tricky
serves 6
About the recipe
Tacos are a crowd pleaser whether you’re eating indoors or out. Gather your mates or family round the table, lay out all your different bits and pieces and let everyone build their own DIY lunch.
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Ingredients
4 cloves of garlic
1 small pinch of cumin seeds
½ teaspoon fennel seeds
½ teaspoon chilli flakes
½ teaspoon sweet paprika
2 limes
olive oil
8 herring fillets, scaled and pin-boned, from sustainable sources
150g fat-free natural yoghurt
12 hard taco shells
3 baby gem lettuce
GUACAMOLE
3 ripe avocados
2 limes
½ a bunch of fresh coriander
TOMATO SALSA
300g ripe cherry tomatoes
½ a bunch of fresh coriander
1 fresh red chilli
extra virgin olive oil
Method
- Peel the garlic, then bash in a pestle and mortar with the cumin, fennel seeds and a good pinch of sea salt to make a paste.
- Stir in the chilli flakes, paprika and the juice from 1 lime, then loosen with a good drizzle of olive oil.
- With a sharp knife, score the skin of the herring at 1cm intervals, being careful not to cut into the flesh. Spoon the rub over the fish and gently push into the slits. Place the fillets on a baking tray, skin-side up, and set aside.
- For the guacamole, halve and destone the avocados and scoop the flesh into a mortar, reserving the skins. Don’t bother washing the pestle and mortar first – the flavours from the rub will only make the guacamole taste better.
- Squeeze in the lime juice, pick, roughly chop and add the coriander leaves, then smash it all together. Season, then spoon back into the avocado skins and chill until ready to serve.
- For the salsa, roughly chop the tomatoes, coriander leaves and chilli on a board, mixing them together as you go. Add a tiny pinch of salt and black pepper and a splash of extra virgin olive oil. Keep running your knife through it until all the flavours are mixed together.
- Heat your griddle pan over a high heat so it’s screaming hot.
- Mix the yoghurt and juice of 1 lime together. Line up your taco shells, fillings and greens so you’re ready for the fish.
- When the pan is hot, pop on the fillets for a couple of minutes, or until the skin is beautifully crisp and the flesh cooked through. Serve up with the gem lettuce and some mixed cress, if you like, and let everyone dig in!
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