It’s very easy to over cook salmon and it then ends up dry and unappetizing. So just 15 minutes in the oven with the mayonnaise and crumb topping helps keep the fish nice and moist.
BAKED SALMON WITH CRUNCH MUSTARD CRUST
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Category Archives: Seafood
1960s SEAFOOD CURRY
This is what a curry looked like back in the 60s…..absolutely nothing like the much more complex and flavour filled ones of today. I particularly like the side dishes in the photo. Lemon slices, plain cashews, rice with sultanas are the ones I can recognize. Times certainly have changed and I don’t think I think it’s a dish you’d want to make now.
SEAFOOD LASAGNE
This recipe comes out of one of my pasta cookbooks. I already make a meat lasagne and a chicken lasagne, so a seafood one has to be on the list as well. Obviously buying good quality white fish, scallops and prawns would make an excellent dish, but you could also go for the cheaper option and buy a generous amount of marinara mix. It mightn’t be quite as good, but it would certainly be a bit more affordable.
COCONUT PRAWNS WITH MANGO SAUCE
I had coconut prawns at a restaurant recently and it reminded me just how good they are. That sent me looking to see if I had a recipe in my collection and unsurprisingly I found this 1990s version, which even comes with a tangy mango sauce. So now I have no excuse not to make them myself.
SCALLOP AND BACON BITES
I love scallops, but cooking them can be a bit tricky. If you’re pan frying them you need to cook them just before eating and you need to make sure they’re not overcooked. Not everyone will like this recipe as between the marinade and the bacon the scallop flavour is altered, but it does make cooking them easier and appealing to serve with drinks.
BOUILLABAISSE WITH TOMATO ROUILLE
This definitely a dish for a special occasion. It’s costly to make and takes a bit of work, but the result is well worth it and the lucky diners will be very impressed.
HONEYED SCALLOP AND CHILLI STIR-FRY
Scallops are one of my favourite seafoods, but sadly I don’t buy them very often. Back in the 90s I used to make this dish as an entrée for dinner parties, but I’d totally forgotten about it until I found the recipe in one of my old cookbooks. It’s definitely time to make it again.
MUSSELS IN FRESH TOMATO SAUCE
I’m not sure that this fits into my Christmas theme, but it would certainly make an interesting change from the traditional Australian Christmas seafood – prawns. Of course it would be yummy anytime of the year, no need to wait for Christmas.
SINGAPORE LAKSA
It’s sunny, but cold outside today so my mind automatically turns to making a pot of hot soup for dinner tonight. Instead of a thick vegetable one maybe I’ll make a seafood laksa instead. This is a meal in itself full of prawns, white fish, calamari, bean curd and noodles……luscious and bound to warm us all up.
TUNA AND CORN POTS
I’m not sure how many Australians still have a meat free day on Good Friday. It was a tradition that Mum used to stick to, but that was many years ago. I was reminded of that when I came across this tuna recipe and thought that it might be an easy thing to make on the day.
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