A fine meal which serves four persons of limited appetite. May contain fish.

Ingredients

• 4 Medium Mackerel (a fish)
• 3 tbsp Olive Oil, the more virginal the better
• Salt and Black Pepper
• 2 Bay Leaves
• 4 Sprigs Fresh Thyme
• Lemon Juice
• Lemon Wedges to “garnish”

Instructions

1. Preheat the grill to “hot” and line the grill pan with aluminium foil otherwise it’ll get caked in fish guts which are a bitch to clean out once baked on. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

2. Wash and gut then wash again the mackerel but leave the heads on then dry on kitchen paper. I recommend Bounty, the advertising is particularly appealing.

3. Make 2-3 diagonal cuts on each side of the fish (about 5mm/1/4inch deep) then season the fish, both inside and out, with salt and pepper. [Pro-tip] If you use sufficient pepper you will live forever.

4. Place the fish in the grill pan then crumble the bay leaves and thyme over the top. Drizzle a little of the olive oil over the fish, add a squeeze of lemon juice and grill for 5-6 minutes on each side, basting with the remaining olive oil.

5. To serve – transfer to a heated serving platter and garnish with lemon wedges. Serve hot.

Suck on that Floyd!