Category: seafood
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Pretty easy smoked salmon pate
I had some salmon in the freezer, I wanted some smoked salmon pate and then this is what happened. SMOKED SALMON PATE 350 g hot or cold smoked salmon (recipe follows if you want to make your own)200 g cream cheese, room temp so it is a little soft2 tablespoons cream¼ red onion, bruniose (finely…
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Holiday prawns with tomayonnaise
Anyone who knows me knows I love prawns. I know people who do not like prawns. I know people, like actually know people, who will not eat prawns because they believe them to be bottom feeders and live on a diet of shit and decaying whatever lays in front of them. Fact or fiction, this…
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fish finger sandwich with kimchi mayonnaise
This came from a thought where I remembered how much I loved to eat fish finger and tomato sauce sandwiches when I was a kid. ”Now”, I said to myself. “A fish finger and tomato sauce (ketchup) sandwich is probably not really worth writing a recipe for. Not to mention it is possibly not even…
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Seafood chowdeeer
The air is cold but the chowder is definitely warm. The origins of chowder are a little cloudy, much like a swagger of other regional specialities such as bouillabaisse, paella, laksa, pho and so on. This is how I make mine. I certainly shall not be claiming to be the original or the best. Top…
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Low country boil
This is meant to be a big ol’ prawn (shrimp), crab or crawfish stew for a heap of people to enjoy. Your seafood gets loose in a party of potatoes, corn, sausage and some kinda spicy seasoning and then you get some paper on the table, lay it all out with a couple of dipping…
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Prawn & sausage jambalaya
Jambalaya. A Cajun classic. Allegedly first made by European immigrants in New Orleans and deeply rooted in the Spanish paella. It’s a tasty-assed mash up of some kind of meat, smoked sausage, a few vegetables and rice in a pot, where they are left to make love and produce offspring of immensely really good flavour.…
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Beer battered fish
There’s a lot to be said for a good beer batter. I like it to be puffy and I really like it to be crisp. I want to know it’s there, but not so much that the fish doesn’t get a look in. I want it to be a part of something that is going…
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Herby grilled snapper
Herby grilled snapper. Just get on it. HERBY GRILLED SNAPPER 2 kg snapper or similar fish, scaled and gutted 2 cloves garlic 2 cups picked fresh herbs – a mix of parsley, rosemary, oregano and nasturtium 1 tspn dried chilli flakes 1 tbls red wine vinegar ½ cup olive oil Salt and pepper Extra olive…
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Grilled seafood with garlicky butter sauce while the kids are away
A simple, three-step recipe for a damn fine night with your one and only while the children are absent on school camp. 1. Ship the children off to school camp. It is important to remember that this involves more than just sending your offspring to their place of learning (yes, that’s questionable but we’ll get…
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Coal roasted fish bruschetta AKA camp bruschetta
Last week I was writing the roster at work, which is a pretty ordinary thing for someone in my position to be doing. It was going to be a pretty good one too – I had reined it back to a less-than-50-hour-week which is a more than acceptable working week for one who has chosen…
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