Archive for the ‘Seafood’ Category

Food & Fab Endorsed, Food & Travel, Mains, Mediterranean Delicacies, Recipes, Seafood

Balik Ekmek, fish sandwiches from Istanbul and how to make them.

Destination Meals, Food & Fab Endorsed, Food & Travel, Mediterranean Delicacies, Recipes, Seafood, Starters

A snapshot of Mikrolimano in Piraeus, Athens and a recipe for unconventional but utterly scrumptious dolmades.

anchovies, Food & Fab Endorsed, Food & Travel, Mains, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Recipes, Seafood

Arroz de Marisco, how to make this Portuguese Seafood Rice dish. Worth every step, and snippets of Lisbon.

Bacon, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Recipes, Seafood, Wine Events

A summery and herby Lightly Smoked Trout on Orzo with lardons, paired with a barrel aged Viognier – a Diamond winner at Women and Wine of the World International Competition 2012,

Recipes, Salad & Snacks, Seafood

A grilled mackerel salad with broccoli couscous – a revolutionary way to eat lots of broccoli for non-broccoli lovers. Parents, pay attention…..

Food & Travel, Recipes, Seafood, Starters

A gambas pil pil style prawn, atop herbed cheese, crunchy veg and a ras-el-hanout couscous nest – a fresh take on 3 weeks of travel- Costa Brava – Granada – Morocco. Hello Cape Town Summer!

Recipes, Seafood, Soups & Stews

This hadock chowder is complemented with lemon zest, added close to the end of cooking. Smoked haddock and sweet corn kernels are such a lovely contrast. Serve with creme fraiche for extra indulgence. You needn’t add the carrots but it adds colour, sweetness and bulks up the soup slightly. By all means use haddock that hasn’t been smoked if you can’t find it easily.

As Seen On, Food & Fab Endorsed, Recipes, Seafood, Woolworths & MasterChef SA 2012

Angelfish is inexpensive, on the SASSI green list and has the perfect delicate texture for pies and a pasta like this, where the Champagne cream sauce is the star. It’s a fish I buy whenever I can. Using smoked angelfish in this recipe is sublime- I’ve made it to rave reviews. Now, please don’t break open a bottle of your treasured expensive bubbles for this- local sparkling wine is perfect, but a rule that’s worth following is, don’t use it in your cooking if you won’t drink it. Enjoy what you Don’t use in the sauce with the meal.

As Seen On, Food & Travel, Mains, Recipes, Seafood, Woolworths & MasterChef SA 2012

For this week’s Woolworths MasterChef SA Spice Challenge, I delve into the wonders of Zanzibar the Spice Island and make a Parsi dish, a prawn dhansak. Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar and was Parsi- did you know? Dhansak uses a variety of spices, lentils and in this case mango and pineapple pulp and lime juice. Serve with a mango and pineapple salsa.

Food & Fab Endorsed, Indian Food Easy Peasy, Mediterranean Delicacies, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Recipes, Seafood

Kedgeree has always been a versatile dish to use up left overs. In the Cape it is served with a fish (often smoked) like haddock, flaked and boiled egg. The rice is spiced with masala fried with onions. In this recipe, I teamed the Mediterranean Delicacies Peppered Mackerel with their hummus that I spiced using cayenne pepper. A spicy, satisfying meal that showcases the lovely smoked peppered mackerel fillet.