This month’s recipes
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Category Archives: Fish recipes
Mussels with sherry, bacon and crabmeat
Mussels are probably my favourite seafood. Cheap, easy to get hold of and not in the least bit faffy to cook, they fulfil my desire for the pleasure of the taste without any of the pain. I have watched crabs … Continue reading
Party and Christmas food: Sardine rillettes
Christmas is coming, I’m going to get fat…or rather I am probably going to eat more than is strictly necessary. That is usually because I start to think about what are commonly known as ‘nibbles’ (horrid word) and ‘dips’ (not … Continue reading
Smoked mackerel dauphinoise
Can you remember the days before the internet? When recipes came in magazines and cookery books or from friends? When there was no ‘forward slash’, ‘point com’ or ‘punto com’ to be spelled out? I can and I have fond … Continue reading
HFW’s Fish Fight app and simple fried mackerel with garlic and bay
I’m a bit late today and for that I apologise. It’s mainly because I spent yesterday defrosting the fridge and, well, I was a bit overwhelmed with breadcrumbs, bits of unrecognisable protein and some half-thawed coconut milk. My appetite was … Continue reading
Posted in Cookery writers, Fast food fixes, Fish recipes, Food apps, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Tagged Allegra McEvedy, Bruno Loubet, Fish Fight app, fish recipes, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, mackerel recipes, Mark Hix, Martha Stewart, quick and easy recipes, Real Simple, This Morning
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Ottolenghi’s grilled mackerel with pesto and courgettes
Doesn’t that mackerel look astonishing? It was such a beautiful lilac pink that it seemed a shame to cook it but, well, needs must when the stomach grumbles. I saw this recipe on the Guardian’s site at the weekend and … Continue reading
Summer survival kit: what you really need for easy everyday food
It struck me this week that I had too little, and yet too much stuff. Too little because, once the shops started to close early, I didn’t have enough required staples to make a cup of tea (milk); too much … Continue reading
Posted in Fast food fixes, Fish recipes, One pot, Summer recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged Alice Waters, Bill Granger, Innocent, sardine recipes, store cupboard, summer fish recipes
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Sublime sorrel sauce for salmon
My health has recovered and with it my hunger and, as is often the case after a few days of enforced fasting, I want certain things. Like, and I know it’s odd, salmon with sorrel sauce. Sorrel isn’t something easily … Continue reading
Bill Granger’s citrus risotto with prawns
More lemons today, and a wonderful way to lighten and brighten risotto. Love it as I do, I sometimes find the butter-cheese overload a bit much. Not often, I grant you, but enough to be interested by Asian-inspired versions like … Continue reading
An unforgettably good way to cook fish
I’m sorry for that rather vague and over-long title. I thought that if I called this ‘salmon confit’ you would switch off, because I’m getting a bit too fancy and, if I mentioned the words star anise and cardamom then, … Continue reading
Posted in Fish recipes, Summer recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged fast recipe ideas, fish recipes, salmon recipes
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WTF Do I Eat Tonight? 