Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Pairing Food News Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Wineries Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Javier Codina's Spanish mackerel and seared Hervey Bay scallops, salsa verde Food Javier Codina's Spanish mackerel and seared Hervey Bay scallops, salsa verde Preparation time 20 minutes Cooking time 20 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients 400g Spanish mackerel fillets, skin off, cut into 8 pieces 12 Hervey Bay scallops 50g plain flour Sea salt and pepper, to taste 50ml Spanish olive oil e.g. Arbequina blend 20 padron or Guernica peppers or mini sweet capscium 6 cloves garlic, chopped 100ml dry white wine e.g. Albarino 200ml fish stock 10 sprigs flat parsley, chopped Olive oil (to serve) Method Season and dust the mackerel and scallops with the flour. In a hot pan, add 50ml of the olive oil then sear the mackerel for 1 minute on either side. Remove from pan and reserve. In the same pan add oil, add the scallops and cook for 30 seconds on each side. Remove from pan and reserve. In the same pan and olive oil (add more oil if required), shallow fry the padron peppers on all sides for approximately 3 minutes. Remove from the pan and reserve. In the same pan add the garlic and fry for 1 minute. Add the wine to deglaze the pan. Pour the fish stock to the pan then reduce until it forms a sauce consistency. Place the scallops, mackerel and peppers in the pan, bring to the boil again then turn off the heat. Add the parsley and adjust seasoning. To complete the dish, add a splash of good Spanish olive oil then serve. Food Preparation Time 20 minutes Cooking Time 20 minutes Serves 4 Perfect Match Tahbilk Marsanne 2017 $22.95 in any 12 $24.30 in any 6 $27.00 each Price | options $22.95 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Moss Brothers Moses Rock Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $27.20 in any 12 $28.80 in any 6 $32.00 each Price | options $27.20 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Altus Rise Wildlight Merlot 2022 $27.20 in any 12 $28.80 in any 6 $32.00 each Price | options $27.20 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Food Poached Atlantic salmon with chervil cream Food Josh Niland’s Hand Picked Spanner Crab Recipe Words by Josh Niland on 13 Mar 2018 Food Crispy battered fish, twice cooked wedge chips