Buy Seafood Book a table

Cart 0

Check Out
Congratulations! Your order qualifies for free shipping Minimum order of £30.00
Sorry, looks like we don't have enough of this product.

Add order notes
Is this a gift?
Minimum spend

£18 (Tinned Books)
£30 (Fresh or Frozen Fish)

Continue Shopping

Subtotal Free
Postage £6.50
£30.00 minimum order

Your Cart is Empty

Restaurants
Takeaways
Buy Fish
More
Work with us

Whole roasted red mullet with pickled walnuts

Red mullet with pickled walnuts

Recipe by Mark Hix

Serves:
4
Prep Time:
5 mins
Cook Time:
15 mins

Red mullet is such a beautiful and underrated fish. I refer to it to guests as a luxury sardine as it’s rich with a unique slightly oily flesh. In France it’s called ‘Bécasse de Mer’ woodcock of the sea for that exact reason and it’s traditional to serve it with its rich livers just like a roast woodcock.

Pickled walnuts have always been a must-have larder ingredient for me, and of late I’ve been using them on occasions instead of capers. The sweetness of the walnut and sharpness of the vinegar matches perfectly with the rich oiliness of the red mullet.

Ingredients

4 red mullet weighing about 160-180g, scaled and cleaned

Sea salt and freshly ground white pepper

A little rapeseed oil for brushing

For the dressing

2-3 pickled walnuts, cut into rough 1/2cm dice

2 spring onions, halved lengthways then finely chopped

1tbls pickled walnut vinegar

1tbls rapeseed oil

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 200°C Gas mark 6.
Place the mullet in an oven proof dish, season and brush with a little oil. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes until just cooked. Meanwhile mix all of the ingredients together for the dressing and season.
Transfer the red mullet to warmed serving plates and spoon over the dressing.

Featured products

Red Mullet Fillets

Serves 1 - Min 140g

Filleted ready for cooking

£12.95

Sent fresh

Red Mullet Fillets
Red Mullet Fillets
A portion of Red Mullet fillets from Rockfish Online Seafood Market cooked in cast iron skillet in butter and rosemary.

Whole Red Mullet

Serves 1 - Min 200g

Whole, scaled & gutted

£16.95

A whole red mullet for Rockfish Online Seafood Market
A whole red mullet for Rockfish Online Seafood Market
A cooked whole Red Mullet on a oval plate with pickled walnuts and butter sauce
Slide image

Mark Hix

Mitch is a huge fan of Mark’s, calling him one of the best fish chefs in the world. The two have been friends for years, and Mark has been cooking with fish from our Online Seafood Market since the day we opened. You can experience it for yourself at his fantastic chef’s table events at his beautiful home in Lyme Regis.