Fish for Dinner: Delicious Seafood Recipes to Cook at Home

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To serve, add the watercress, coriander (cilantro) and mustard cress to the shallots, season with salt and pepper and toss together, then divide the salad between 4 warmed plates. Place 2 potato pancakes on each plate, top with 3 pieces of fish and a dollop of chilli yogurt. One major mistake many home cooks make is overcooking the fish. “I’d say 80-85% can be eaten raw, for a start, so you never need to worry about [undercooking] with any species that you have at home. Even if it’s slightly undercooked, nothing’s going to happen,” says Outlaw. “It does seem the case that people err on the side of caution and overcook – and then unfortunately what happens is you probably have an experience that’s not great and it’s dry. There was a time when I couldn’t do it, [but] I do believe everyone can do it. People worry about making a mistake and ruining the fish, but you can’t really ruin it. [If] you don’t get close enough to the bone and leave a bit of meat on the carcass, just go in with a spoon and use that for fishcakes or fish pies. You’re never going to waste anything. The best thing you can do is have a go.” Hailing from Maidstone, Kent, Outlaw says he grew up not liking fish. “As a kid I’d eat fish fingers or fish and chips, barely – I’d have to be convinced,” he laughs. After all, people change. “This is why I’m a good person to talk about fish with.”

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A very good buy at the moment, that everyone thinks is expensive, is lobster,” says the two-Michelin star chef, who is famed for fish cookery. Toss the slaw veg in two tablespoons of sugar and salt, and gently scrunch. Tip into a sieve and drain for 20 minutes. Gently warm the oil in a pan. Blitz the fish to a puree, then, with the motor running, slowly add the warm oil and reserved milk. Once mixed, add the parsley and potatoes, and blitz for 30 seconds. Add most of the lemon juice and a good grind of pepper, then scrape into a bowl. Season to taste, and add more lemon juice if need be. Meanwhile, heat a large pan over a medium head and add a little olive oil. When hot, add the onions, carrots, tomatoes, garlic and orange zest and sweat gently for 5 minutes until softened and lightly coloured

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Put the potatoes in a pan, add water to cover, a big pinch of salt and the saffron. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 15 minutes, until soft, then drain and leave to dry. For the filling, heat the oil in a frying pan and, when hot, add the onions, cumin and coriander and season with salt and pepper. Cook over a medium heat for 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes, then add the saffron, white wine and raisins. Cook everything down for roughly 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced to almost nothing and the onions are well stewed. Taste the onions at this point and season if required. Transfer the onion mix to a tray and spread out to cool. Once cool, portion into 12 little piles. We’re not a massive fish-eating nation, which is very strange because A, we’re an island, and B, we’ve probably got the best variety of seafood of anybody – and probably the best sustainable fishermen you can come across. For the salad cream, whisk the egg yolks, mustard, sugar and lemon juice for a minute. Whisk in the oil in a thin stream, then whisk in the cream, season with salt, cover and refrigerate. Cut the fish into 4cm chunks. In a bowl, mix the zest, coriander, cayenne, cumin and a good pinch of salt. Toss in the monkfish pieces and marinate for 30 minutes.

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The Guardian aims to publish recipes for fish rated as sustainable by the Marine Conservation Society’s Good Fish Guide. The main thing people are worried about is it being difficult [to fillet fish at home] and smelling of fish – but if you buy good fish it’s not smelly, it smells of the sea which is quite a nice smell.” Turkey might be traditional and more and more of us are choosing goose, venison or even beef for Christmas dinner, but don’t forget about fish. If you’re catering for pescatarians or just fancy feeling a little less bloated after the big meal, fish is an often overlooked option that can have everyone oohing and aahing as if it were a giant bird or cut of meat – and our collection of Christmas fish recipes is the perfect place to get inspired. That’s when I started to really appreciate all the different species, the different textures, different seasons… What was sustainable and what wasn’t sustainable.”

Nathan Outlaw’s filo-wrapped hake cigars make the perfect starter or nibbles to serve with white wine on a sunny evening. Wrap flaky white fish in crisp filo and serve with saffron and herb yogurt.