Balyk ekmek

A lovely Turkish street food dish. In Istanbul, it is prepared directly on fishing boats from freshly caught mackerel.

Ingredients

• 2 fresh (frozen) mackerel
• 4 mini baguettes or extra long burger buns
• 1 large, very ripe tomato
• lettuce leaves
• juice of 1-2 lemons
• olive oil
• salt, freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Cut each mackerel into 2 fillets, cut from the skin and carefully remove all bones with tweezers. Season with salt and pepper, let sit for 5 minutes.
2. Cut the buns lengthways, not all the way, so that they open like a book. Drizzle lightly with olive oil inside. Cut the tomato into thin circles, salt and pepper.
3. Grill the mackerel fillets on both sides (you can use a grill pan). The fillet should have a golden brown crust, but it should not fall apart. Put the fillet in a cut bun, pour with lemon juice, put tomato circles on top, lettuce leaves on top. Serve immediately