roasted sardines, mackerel and radishes

Ingredients

• 6 ripe tomatoes cut into chunks

• 4 sprigs of fresh thyme, leaves only

• 3 garlic cloves crushed

• 1 baguette from you local boulangerie

• 125ml extra virgin olive oil

• 8 sardines, gutted and cleaned, butterflied and filleted

• 4 fresh mackerel gutted and cleaned, cut into large pieces

• 2 bunches of radishes trimmed

• 1 tsp cumin seeds

• 2 tbsp honey

• 1 small bunch fresh basil leaves only

• salt and black pepper

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
2. Place the tomatoes, thyme, garlic and baguette cubes into a roasting tray and drizzle over 75ml of the oil. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Transfer to the oven and roast until the baguette cubes are golden-brown around the edges. Remove the tray from the oven.
3. Increase the oven temperature to its highest setting.
4. Lightly grease a baking tray with a little oil and lay the sardines, mackerel and radishes onto it. Sprinkle over the cumin seeds and drizzle over the honey and 2 tablespoons of the remaining olive oil. Roast in the oven for 5-10 minutes, or until all of the fish is cooked through.
5. Just before serving, sprinkle the basil over the tray of roasted tomatoes, bread, garlic and thyme. Crush the tomatoes lightly with the back of a fork.
6. To serve, spoon the roasted tomato mixture onto serving plates and top each portion with some of the roasted sardines, mackerel pieces and radishes. Drizzle over the remaining olive oil.