Since the time the Vikings roamed the seas, the annual arrival of skrei (pronounced ‘skray’) has been cause for celebration. From the Old Norse for ‘wanderer,’ skrei is a delicacy …
Tuna poke bowls with seaweed furikake
by Kate Doran, the blogger behind ‘The Little Loaf’, specialising in nostalgic baking recipes. Hawaiian poke – pronounced poh-kay – are wonderfully quick and easy to throw together when you’re …
Tom yum soup
Thai sweet and sour soup with prawns (also known as tom yam, tom yum kung, tom yum goong) Ingredients 1 litre/2 pints chicken stock 300ml/11fl oz water 6 sticks lemongrass, lightly crushed …
Norwegian Skrei with Chorizo, Lemon, Pomegranate & Mashed Potato
Serves 4 Ingredients 800g Skrei fillet 5 tablespoons salt 1 lt water 1 tbsp sunflower oil Knob of butter 100g chorizo, sliced 2 stalks fresh parsley ½ pomegranate 1 lemon …
Poached Skrei with buttered leeks, puy lentils, kale & pumpkin seeds
The buttery soft flesh of Norwegian Skrei lends itself perfectly to this comforting simple supper. Serves 4 20-40 minutes, easy to make Ingredients 4 Norwegian Skrei fillets 250g puy lentils …
Seafood with tentacles
Making a fuss of squid and octopus. Weird and wonderful, many people can’t contemplate eating octopus or squid, with ideas of rubbery flesh and dubious provenance, and partly famous as …
Deep fried calamari with garlic and lemon mayonnaise
By Jo Pratt, for the BBC food pages Ingredients vegetable oil, for deep frying 250g/9oz plain flour ½ tsp cayenne pepper ½ tsp smoked Spanish paprika (many supermarkets and delis …
Shellfish
Completely and utterly shellfish! You might be surprised to know that shellfish are low in fat (especially low in saturated fat), contain the omega-3 fatty acids, are excellent protein sources, …
Seafood with claws
Crabs, lobster and langoustine are in their prime in summertime. Pincers, grapplers, claws – scary stuff from the beneath the waves, but full of protein, which fills you up with …