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mrsnesbitt

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 11 1:21 pm Post subject: Fish ideas
We have friends coming for lunch on Good Friday. I want to cook a really special fish dish. Any ideas?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 11 2:38 pm Post subject:
can very fresh be gnt'ed for the day ? if it is grill /salt coat bake/steam,salads etc are easy made in advance if not gravelax can be made in advance when fresh is available without knowing availability of fresh tis hard to try to pick a specific recipie ad 33 mid east style would be grilled near water or salted /oiled inland i recon a sardine kebab would be fairly historical

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 11 4:39 pm Post subject:
Jonnyboy is the expert here,. I'd suggest Dover sole, as fresh as possible, lightly floured and fried in butter, with frozen anchovy and herb butter melting over it to serve. Accompanied by the earliest new spuds and foraged salad. Alternatively this is rather good too.

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 11 5:48 pm Post subject:
do bacalao[salt cod],de-salting takes 24-36 hours ,but its well worth it .You place it in the oven with chunky pots,onions ,garlic in the husk tomatoes,parsley and oregano ,juice of one lemon and two glasses of white wine,and lots of good olive oil. Cook for at least 2 hrs.Eat with a saladand lots of bread[for the gravy]and lashings of raki and white or red wine.

mrsnesbitt

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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 11 10:05 pm Post subject:
We are not far from Whitby so can get decent fresh fish.

bubble

Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 11 6:07 am Post subject:
use fresh,fresh is best!!!only diff. is salt cod 'cause of the processing keeps its shape.

Greenfoot

Joined: 04 Dec 2007
Posts: 324
Location: The veggie plot or getting stones

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 11 7:25 am Post subject:

bubble wrote:

do bacalao[salt cod],de-salting takes 24-36 hours ,but its well worth it .You place it in the oven with chunky pots,onions ,garlic in the husk tomatoes,parsley and oregano ,juice of one lemon and two glasses of white wine,and lots of good olive oil. Cook for at least 2 hrs.Eat with a saladand lots of bread[for the gravy]and lashings of raki and white or red wine.

I would be very happy with this dish, a favorite one of my mum's. She always cooked it for Easter.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 11 8:41 am Post subject:
with whitby near i recon pick the best looking fish(es)on the day and cook them simply with lots of nice breads and salads ,easy and min time needed while entertaining good crabs at whitby as well as fish

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 11 1:45 pm Post subject:

Honestly, best thing to do is buy your fish first then decide on the dish, go to the fishmongers and buy whatever looks good, fresh and gets your taste buds excited, there is no point buying a ropey bit of cod because a recipe insisted you use cod.

That said, many white fsh are interchangeable so could pan fry a bit of gurnard/hake/brill/pollack on top of crushed new potatoes, or some herby cous cous and serve with a tomato vinagrette which would be nice and fresh tasting, or you could do some more robust sauces for oily fish like mustard and dill.

Or the old favourite of parma ham wrapped monkfish which looks impressive.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 11 1:46 pm Post subject:
Gervase's fish pie is the best in the world. Fact.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 11 1:52 pm Post subject:
Fish pie not a bad idea, you could do individual ones with piped mash on top for the faffy, cheffy, look.

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 11 2:28 pm Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

Gervase's fish pie is the *best* in the world. Fact.

I reckon mine is the best. With prawns and smoked salmon - mmmmm

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9062
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 11 7:44 am Post subject:
I also do mine with smoked salmon and prawns... YUM

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 11 8:09 am Post subject:
Someone on here once told me that I put too much fish in my fish pie!

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