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11-16-2007, 09:01 AM
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Hi my name is Carl Yorke and I recently joined Chef Talk really to try and become a better chef, I have been cooking for 6 months or so, so still learning!!
My wife has her 50th brthday on 21 Nov and I really want to make it a special evening by cooking a really simple dish with with Fish, can anybody help me with a simple recipie
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11-16-2007, 09:15 AM
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I'm thinking a Zuppa di Pesce or Paella, but with nice big fancy seafood in there, like big hunks of king crab, scallops, huge wild shrimp or prawns, etc., so made quite high-end and decadent. But I've gotta run at this moment.
Is seafood ok, or were you after fin fish only... |
11-16-2007, 11:13 AM
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Also any dietary restrictions? Is frying ok, or do you prefer a different technique.
What sort of fishes do you have available locally? That can make a difference, too. |
11-16-2007, 12:32 PM
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the right recipe for a seared scallop dish can be nice, and easy too. |
11-16-2007, 06:19 PM
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I just made fresh halibut last monday....was pan searred in a cast iron pan with olive oil, finished cooking (4.4# thick hunk o fish) in the oven......melted butter added sliced almonds, fresh chopped parsley, dillweed, lemon juice and salt.
was a hit.
You can pretty much cook any fish filet in that manner.
Paella is alittle fussy if you just started cooking. |
11-17-2007, 01:19 AM
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Poached salmon can be done fairly easily and quickly, with lemon, dill, green onions, maybe a few capers tossed in, perhaps a small dash of sherry.
Boy, I bet a google search for 'poached salmon' would turn up a few gazillion recipes.
mjb. |
11-17-2007, 01:48 AM
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Just for grins I did a google search, got 1,440,000 hits for poached salmon. Tea cured salmon, however, was a different story.
Salmon and steamed asparagus would be a nice meal, with Bearnaise sauce splashed on both. With your limited cooking experience, making bearnaise from scratch could be a daunting task - you could end up with a puddle of greasy scrambled eggs. A very tasty puddle, mind you, and there are times when that could be a good thing, but for your wife's 50th birthday you'd probably want it to stay together as a sauce. There are some packaged sauce mixes that somewhat approximate the real thing and are pretty simple to prepare that could provide a nice accent to your meal.
Welcome to the forum, and good luck with the birthday dinner.
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