Archive for the 'Fish' Category
Scallops and Pancetta with Jerusalem Artichoke and Potato Rosti
Does that win the prize for longest-ever-blog-post-title? We had some Jerusalem artichokes languishing in the fridge, Stephen had picked them up to go with the lamb on Sunday but we forgot them. We weren’t sure what to do with them but a quick search threw up lots of options for pairing them with scallops, never […]
Read More..>>Sea Bass with Savoy Cabbage, Bacon and Beer
While watching Saturday Kitchen this morning we saw Rick Stein cook this dish with cod. It looked good so we thought we’d do it this evening with sea bass. We fried off some bacon, onions and garlic before adding some beer and cabbage. This was simmered for about 10 minutes before adding some butter. Meanwhile […]
Read More..>>Smoked Trout Pate and Guacamole
Although we should have been eating salad last night, we didn’t. Instead, we had some smoked trout pate (smoked trout, cream cheese, lemon juice, s&p, cayenne) with brown bread and some guacamole (made to our usual recipe) with nachos.
Read More..>>Mackerel Tart
On Christmas Eve, we travelled to my mum’s and took along with us the ingredients to make mackerel tart. We forgot the cream though so had to make do with milk which worked ok but resulted in a slightlier runnier tart than normal. Sweat off some onions and garlic, add mackerel, spinach, Feta, s&p, nutmeg […]
Read More..>>Pre-Christmas Dinner
Yesterday, Kerri and I visited my sister’s family, where we had a sort of pre-Christmas dinner. To start with, my sister cooked some asparagus wrapped in Parma ham. These were cooked in the oven until the ham was just a bit crispy, which turned out rather well. For main course, we had brought along salmon […]
Read More..>>Oysters and Red Mullet and Clam Casserole
We both felt like fish last night and decided on a fish casserole using red mullet and clams (as you can see from the handy blackboard Stephen made last weekend). We’ve done various similar things in the past so just did this from memory: sauteed some onions, celery and garlic for about 20 minutes before […]
Read More..>>Mackerel Salad
To save space for the mince pies and mulled wine, we had salad for lunch 🙂
Read More..>>Dinner at Friends
Last night, we went to visit friends for dinner and enjoyed a veritable feast. We started with prawn crackers, accompanied by some rather good Champagne: Then came the spring rolls which were filled with (if I remember correctly) pak choi, bean sprouts, rice vermicelli and mushrooms: Then came the main courses, which included… Scallops with […]
Read More..>>Black and White Tuna
Actually, the tuna wasn’t black and white, it was brown (on the outside) and red (on the inside). It was the sesame seeds that were black and white. Friends of ours cooked something like this recently and it looked so good that we had to have a go too. They had a really brilliant plate […]
Read More..>>Kippers
Tonight saw Stephen and I wandering aimlessly around the supermarket, tired, hungry and lacking in enthusiasm. That is until we happened upon these smoked kippers at the fish counter. We quickly decided we would take them home and have them with salad. Imagine our delight when we found they had been reduced and were only […]
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