Archive for the 'Fish' Category
Steamed Fish
Stephen cooked a lovely dinner this evening of steamed sea bream which he had marinated in garlic, ginger, minced shallot, oyster sauce and soy sauce. It was topped with ginger, chilli and spring onions and steamed for 20 minutes. We served this with some steamed vegetables: cauliflower (not good), red pepper (ok), celery (surprisingly delicious) […]
Read More..>>Thai Steamed Fish
A few weeks ago I bought some green peppercorns without really having a plan for what to do with them. They languished in the bottom of the fridge until tonight when, quite coincidentally, the recipe that I looked up for Thai steamed fish call for them. And just in time too, as they were a […]
Read More..>>Fish Pie
We’ve cooked fish pie a few times in the past but always with varying success. Today’s method was slightly different and more successful. Rather than poaching the fish in milk as we usually do we added it to the dish raw with some white sauce (which had been steeped with celery, carrot, shallots and capers), […]
Read More..>>Fishcakes with Lemony Leeks
We’ve had these in the freezer for a while and thought they would be nice and easy for a Friday night. And they were except I left them in the oven a little too long. We served them with lemony leeks which were a good contrast: leeks braised in some chicken stock and lemon juice, […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Mussels
A quick and simple dinner tonight. We sweated some garlic and shallots, then added parsley, wine and mussels. After a few minutes, the mussels were done and we served them with pasta, sprinkled with a little more parsley. Quick, simple and tasty.
Read More..>>Fish, Potatoes and Tomatoes
We made this recently and were both pleased about how quick and easy it was. We decided to do it again tonight and add some red peppers and olives. The olives didn’t work very well but overall it was ok. Not as good as last time but ok.
Read More..>>Teriyaki Salmon and Tempura Vegetables
I wanted to cook salmon in a sweet chilli rub this evening but couldn’t find a recipe for it, a quick look on BBC food threw up this recipe for teriyaki salmon which both Stephen and I thought sounded good. Stephen had the fantastic idea of making tempura vegetables to go with it so that’s […]
Read More..>>Things en Croute
Last night we had an informal dinner party of sorts. I had four consecutive vintages of the same wine that I’d bought on trips to South Africa and wanted an excuse to open them all at once and do a comparative tasting. So this was the excuse for it. More on that later. We started […]
Read More..>>Sea Bream Marinated in White Miso
A few weeks back on Saturday Kitchen, Nic Watt cooked Sea Bream Marinated in White Miso. I have been obsessing about it ever since and we ended up buying white miso and mirin when we came across them in anticipation of making it. Last night I made the marinade and put the badly filleted sea […]
Read More..>>Smoked Salmon Pate
After our recent success with mackerel pate, we decided to try smoked salmon pate for lunch today. We used half poached salmon and half smoked salmon, which we mixed with a spoon of crème fraîche and some lemon juice and seasoned with salt and cayenne pepper. I wasn’t convinced at first, but with the addition […]
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