When you’re exploring the big, blue world of seafood as maniacally as I am, and you’re revelling in it as much as a dolphin in water (I’ve always thought of them as smiling all the time), you want to imagine outside of the square; think of it as extending the diameter to encompass as much thrill and what-may-at-first-be weirdness. Let’s go beyond the fish appetizer, seafood consommé, crustacean main, and talk about dessert. Yes, dessert. More specifically, seafood dessert. Okay, now we know what the elephant in the (cyber?) room…
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My Favourite Seafood Dishes – Part 1
That I love seafood seems pretty well established. Here are my some of favourite dishes with their recipes in no specific order of preference. Seafood Pizza Everyone loves pizza, that’s more or less a given. I do enjoy all types, will probably give the vegetarian ones a miss I guess except a well made Margherita pizza. But if I had to pick just one as my absolute favorite it’s going to have to be a seafood pizza. Squid rings, prawns, fish chunks, crab or lobster meat, the possibilities are endless.…
Read MoreCrab Basil Cherry Tomato Chilli & Lemon Linguine
Always loved crab and getting pure crab meat is such a delight. Quick dish, packed with flavor yet the crab shines through INGREDIENTS half a glass of white wine 2 garlic cloves 350 gms linguine or spaghetti 2 fresh red chili 3 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon lemon juice mixed well 30 gms fresh Basil 250 gms Crab Meat 200 gms Cherry Tomatoes DIRECTIONS Thaw Crab Meat from FishVish Blanch the crab meat in boiling water for about 2-3 minutes and transfer immediately to an ice water bath. Once the crab meat…
Read MoreCrab Stuffed Avocados
Easier done than said! Fresh, flaky, spiced crab meat filling in halved avocados – a lip smacking delicacy so easy to prepare and yet oh so yummy! INGREDIENTS 2 avocados, halved handful basil leaves, shredded with a few of the smaller leaves left whole, to serve 1 tea-spoon Dijon mustard 100g FishVish Crab Meat 2 table-spoon olive oil 1 red chili, seeded and chopped fine DIRECTIONS Thaw Crab Meat from FishVish Blanch the crab meat in boiling water for about 3-4 minutes and transfer immediately to an ice water bath.…
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A savory twist to an Austrian dish that is usually sweet – crab meat and cream cheese wrapped in buttery flaky puff pastry INGREDIENTS 1 egg 1 tbsp. water 225 gms FishVish Fresh Frozen Crab Meat, completely thawed and drained 1 tbsp. lemon juice 225 gms cream cheese, softened 2 tsp red chili flakes 60 ml mayonnaise 60 gms sliced almonds Spring onions, sliced, about 90 gms 2 tsp. Dijon-style mustard 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour 500 gms Puff Pastry Sheets, thawed Salt to taste DIRECTIONS Pre-heat the oven to 375°F…
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