Feast of the Seven Fishes - Seafood lovers.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,384 Member

    Hospital food of salmon and Hollandaise. I had knee surgery.

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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,383 Member

    feel better @acpgee !! At least it’s not jello! That looks like pretty good hospital food.

  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,383 Member
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    while we are on the Salmon kick…

    Grilled on a bed of avocado and greens. 🥬

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,384 Member

    Some recent weeknight fish dinners. I bought a new non stick frying pan, so pan fried sea bass on a dry skillet with a little olive oil brushed on the fish is working again. I do 2 minutes skin side down and 1 minute skin side up over medium heat. A second dinner of crusted hake cooked in the air fryer. I used this recipe but with sun dried tomato, and skipping olives and parsley because we didn't have either on hand.

    https://stefangourmet.com/2022/01/30/merluzzo-alla-palermitana/

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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,383 Member
    mejillones (mussels) de Mallorca 
    
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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,383 Member

    we ordered the seafood tower…

    my fav were the prawns…

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,384 Member

    Salade Nicoise and cheat's bouillabaise a few days later using up up the leftover garlic/anchovy mayo as rouille.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,384 Member

    I make cheat’s bouillabase when we have leftover garlic mayonnaise to use as rouille. You can add saffron and/or chilli flakes to colour your mayo. Spread it on toast to serve in/with the bouillabaisse and stir some into the broth for flavour.

    To make the soup base, gently fry off an onion and bulb of fennel to soften. If you don’t have fennel use celery or more onion. Toss in a tin of tomatoes and some Japanese instant dashi powder and a pinch of citrus zest. Dashi powder is the best instant fish bouillon I’ve encountered. I zest citrus before juicing and save the zest in a ziplock in the freezer. Puree with an immersion blender. You can freeze the soup base at this point. When you want to eat, dilute soup base with water and a glass of white wine. Adjust seasoning with more dashi powder and/or a splash of SE Asian fish sauce. Poach some fish and optional shellfish in the soup. Serve with toast and rouille.

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,384 Member

    Bouillabaisse from Marseille is not served with cheese but Normandy fish soups with rouille is served with grated gruyere so feel free to add grated cheese if you don’t have to worry about alarming traditionalists.

  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,383 Member
    edited June 30

    🐟 tonight - had “Brown Meagre” for the first time.

    Pretty good, mild..served with Tigre de leche and pickled carrots.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,384 Member

    It’s too hot to cook. Last night I pulled out some cheats bouillabaisse base (tomato, onion, dashi flavoured with saffron and citrus peel) out of the freezer, poached some cod fillets in it and served with bread and alioli in the broth.

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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,383 Member
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    i can’t remember what types these are but 🦪!!

    Oysters are my fav!

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,384 Member

    Any ideas on what to do with leftover Suan Yan Cai (=Sichuan sour fish soup with pickled mustard greens)?

    I saw one website where they recommended serving leftovers over noodles. I am wondering if I can dilute the broth and treat it like avgolemono soup thickened with egg.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,384 Member

    I went with the conservative option, and stretched leftover Suan Cai Yu with tofu and served over udon noodles.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,384 Member

    California hand rolls the night before. Leftovers rolled up as maki for breakfast.

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  • rudyzenreviews
    rudyzenreviews Posts: 74 Member

    Wow, Rome for the holidays sounds like a dream. I don’t have an eel recipe, but fried calamari and garlic shrimp are always part of our family seafood feasts.