Contact Us
About Forkful
We are friends who love making simple food look beautiful. We hope our recipes will inspire you to get into the kitchen this season. Aoife McElwain works in front of the camera writing the recipes and styling the food, while Mark Duggan works behind the camera to make sure it all looks as delicious as possible. We work with editors such as Killian Broderick and music supervisors like Nialler9 to make sure that our finished videos look and sound as smart as possible. We work with brands like Glenisk and Folláin to help them create delicious video content for their online platforms. When we're not making videos, we write a weekly column called Speedy Suppers on Thursdays in The Irish Independent. Aoife writes the recipes and styles the food while Mark takes the photographs.  

smoked mackerel

I love frying up a few spuds for a breakfast or dinnertime hash. Smoked mackerel tops off our potato, spinach and poached egg dish by adding a salty sweetness. 

Smoked mackerel hash

406A9328

Serves 2:

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

6 baby potatoes, quartered

2 tablespoons of olive oil

Half a small white onion

1 clove of garlic

Salt

Pepper

2 large handfuls of baby spinach

2 eggs

Half a fillet of smoked mackerel, shredded

Method

  1. In a small saucepan of water, boil the quartered potatoes for 10 minutes, until starting to soften. Strain and set aside.
  1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium to high heat. When it’s nice and hot, transfer the potato quarters into the pan. Fry for 15 minutes, trying not to move them around too much so they can develop a golden, crispy skin.
  1. Next, slice the onion into half moon slices and fry alongside the potatoes for three minutes, until softened. Finely dice the garlic clove and fry with the onion and potatoes for one minute. Season really well with salt and pepper. Set aside and keep warm until ready to serve.
  1. In a smaller pan, wilt your spinach. Set aside and keep warm until ready to serve.
  1. In a saucepan, boil water and poach two eggs. My method is to add a splosh of red wine vinegar to the boiling water and carefully crack the eggs into the water, cooking for 4 to 5 minutes for a soft yolk.
  1. Divide the potatoes into two bowls. Add the wilted spinach and the poached eggs. Finally top with the shredded mackerel fillet, and finish with another pinch of salt and pepper.

Storecupboard Essential: Smoked Mackerel

Smoked mackerel is ready to stand out from behind the shadows of smoked salmon, and has a relatively long fridge-life. Try Connemara Smokehouse’s smoked plain and peppered mackerels (www.smokehouse.ie) or Frank Hederman’s whole smoked mackerel sold at Cork’s English Market (www.frankhederman.com).

This recipe first appeared in The Irish Independent on July 23rd

No Comments

Leave a Reply