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Hi. I'm your dinner.
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Fred's the one in the silver foil. I'm the other one. |
Anyway, I chickened out of trying to fillet him and had run out of time to make curry paste (was watching George and The Fish in a stare-out contest. Had to declare a draw in the end). Instead, I went for the following:
Baked turbot
Douse Mr Fish with olive oil, salt, pepper and chili flakes and pop him in the oven for 20 minutes at 200c. He turns out soft, meaty and delicious, with easy-to-remove fillets (once cooked!) and a little bit of spice on the skin. I served him with a spicy potato salad and chili sweetcorn fritters.Spicy Potato Salad
Boil new potatoes until cooked through. Combine with (all raw and chopped finely) half a shallot, half a chili, a clove of garlic, two sticks of celery, coriander, olive oil and salt & pepper. The garlic burns your face off but as long as there's two of you it doesn't matter...
Chili sweetcorn fritters (gluten-free)
Make a thick batter with 100g of rice flour, two eggs and enough milk to make it drop off a spoon but not fall off it. Stir in a tin of drained sweetcorn, a chopped chili and seasoning. The mixture may look like it's going to be too wet to fry, but don't worry - it's rice flour and it needs more moisture than wheat flour. Fry tablespoons full in groundnut or vegetable oil for around a minute or two each side, until golden brown. Lovely yummy dinner, and not at all scary. At least I now know where the bones lie - I WILL fillet him next time...
Love the picture captions. Recipes are much more fun written like this.
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy. I always chicken out (ha, ha, see what I did there?)and just cook the fish whole too. Nicer that way anyway.
ReplyDeleteP bought me two plaice fillets this week and I had them simply pan-fried one night with roasted veg and last night with chilli, ginger and honey stir-fried veg. I can't stand the way all these cheffy peeps put sauces over delicious fish and drown out the fishy taste. Yum.
Just made walnut, banana and chocolate cake with walnut butter, pecan flour and coconut oil, now grains or dairy in sight of course. Wish it would hurry up and cool down. Want some.
Ew. I'd love that if it weren't for the banana... bleugh... but I like the idea of the pecan flour! xx
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