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mrsnesbitt



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 11 1:21 pm    Post subject: Fish ideas Reply with quote
    

We have friends coming for lunch on Good Friday. I want to cook a really special fish dish.
Any ideas?

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 11 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 11 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 11 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 11 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We are not far from Whitby so can get decent fresh fish.

bubble



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 11 6:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

use fresh,fresh is best!!!only diff. is salt cod 'cause of the processing keeps its shape.

Greenfoot



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 11 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 11 8:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 11 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 11 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 11 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Fish pie not a bad idea, you could do individual ones with piped mash on top for the faffy, cheffy, look.

boisdevie1



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 11 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 11 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I also do mine with smoked salmon and prawns... YUM

12Bore



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 11 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Someone on here once told me that I put too much fish in my fish pie!

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