Sunday, 27 January 2013

Delicious Seafood Recipes


When preparing dishes predominantly using with seafood, the key to achieve a delectable outcome is not necessarily by using the most expensive but the freshest ingredients.

  1. bacon wrapped scallops
    GRAFFAMBROS
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    14 DAYS AGO
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  2. If you’re lucky to be living by a coastline, lake or river where seafood are caught and sold in abundance, most likely your family’s mealtimes regularly feature a variety of delicious fish and shellfish dishes, usually prepared simply like grilling or pan frying. To ensure the quality of seafood purchased elsewhere, develop a relationship with your fishmonger who can tip you when a fresh catch arrives. Ensure proper storage if you won’t be using it immediately and remove innards when these haven’t been cleaned at the market as this are the first parts to spoil. For crabs, mussels and clams purchased live, cook these right away because they simply won’t be edible if they perish before cooking.

    Like a fine piece of marbled steak that tastes its best simply grilled, the best seafood is likewise prepared in a simple straightforward manner. Take care not to overcook squid, cuttlefish and octopus as these tend to become very rubbery. When deep frying calamari or tempura use good neutral tasting cooking oil that lets the flavors shine rather than interfere and lend a greasy dish.

    “Second best” ingredients like frozen seafood and not so fancy varieties of fish and shellfish can also be made into mouthwatering dishes when combined with fresh vegetables and seasoned with herbs and spices. A great example of this is bouillabaisse, a hearty stew using fish scraps and shellfish slow cooked with olive oil, a variety of vegetables, Provencal herbs and spices.

    In Asian cookery, umami (Japanese for pleasant savory taste) is widely used to describe a dish as delicious distinct from the more familiar sweet, sour, bitter and salty. It is characterized by the taste of certain compounds found in foods like meats, vegetables, fish and shellfish. Though seasoning mixes claim they make dishes more delicious without using several ingredients and slow cooking, be wary of their high sodium content, artificial ingredients and preservative.

    For everyday seafood cooking, use readily available inexpensive shrimp, squid and mussels and transform them into a variety of salads, soups and entrées. Expensive lobsters, imported scallops and caviar are reserved for special occasions.
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Inexpensive Seafood Recipes


Inexpensive food doesn’t necessarily mean cheap food connoting something poor quality. In restaurant marketing, it is better for customer acceptance to call inexpensively priced menu offerings as “best-value” or “value meals”.

  1. Cheap fish stew recipe - Floyd on Fish - BBC
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    A YEAR AGO
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  2. Getting any ingredient, including seafood, at lower prices doesn’t mean compromises are made, unless of course substandard items are purchased. It can actually improve profitability if a restaurant is able to lower costs by developing a relationship with its suppliers; buying ingredients in bulk; and sourcing during peak season.
    For simple household food preparation, getting the most from your money enables you to use the dollars and cents saved for other important things. Ask any mother who has a limited budget and you’ll appreciate even more the effort she takes to serve a good meal.

    Making simple ingredient substitutions can save you money while still pleasing your family’s cravings for a delicious seafood meal. Use smaller shrimps instead of big ones when you’ll be chopping them up in the recipe. Instead of buying fresh crabs and getting a small amount of meat, buy frozen and combine with an extenders like breadcrumbs and minced vegetables. Some varieties of fish and seafood are simply more expensive than others depending on where they come from. Experiment with more affordable ingredients and play around with their flavor profiles and complement them with herbs and spices.

    When buying any kind of food, it is interesting to note that prices vary significantly depending on how close you get in from the source. For instance, Norwegian salmon can be bought for next to nothing if you happen to live by the waters where they are caught … in Norway. It then gets progressively more expensive as it gets passed on from person to person, company to company, country to country. From the fisherman to the broker who deals with it and passes it on to the processing plant which smokes, cans or freezes it. From there, exporting companies ship the processed salmon across the ocean to countries which import it. From there it gets passed from the importer to the distributor or retailer to the supermarket then finally to the consumer. The travel time alone and the number of companies, volume of paperwork and legalities is enough to multiply the actual price many times over.

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Gourmet Seafood Recipes


Gourmet Seafood Recipes

The word gourmet is sometimes enough to intimidate an experienced chef and more so an apprentice cook. In culinary competitions, a default tactic for some less experienced contestants would be to use very expensive ingredients in an attempt to pass of their dish as gourmet.
  1. Bon appetit! #dinner #seafood #glorious #food #gourmet
    MKDG
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    3 DAYS AGO
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  2. However, in seafood preparation, combining these two elements to create a, fancy memorable dish can be as easy as you think especially when you live in a city there ocean-fresh ingredients are expensive and difficult to come by.  This is because a great seafood meal is not easy to come by.
    In coastal areas where an ocean catch is readily available, what can be a very simple mixed grill of langoustine, sardine and shrimp can be a fine-dining experience when replicated in a restaurant served with fancy dinner ware, presentation, garnishes and a steep bill.  What’s ironic is that the simpler version ordered from a small restaurant at a seaside village could even better, primarily because the ingredients were most likely just have been caught from the sea mere hours ago.
    In the stricter sense, gourmet refers to food prepared with more precise cooking methods, more expensive ingredients and served in a more elaborate manner.  With this guideline to work with prepare to spend a lot more time and significantly more money for ingredients.

    Going gourmet is a chance to impress your guests with the best seafood you can get from the fish monger.  Reserve the more common inexpensive shrimp, mussels and clams for another day and go for an impressive whole lobster, black tiger prawns, New Zealand scallops, Chilean seabass, Aussie barramundi or beluga caviar.  For an Asian theme, go for exotic ingredients like sharks fin or fugu, if you happen to have a licensed Japanese chef at your employ.  Both are extremely expensive and “controversial” as shark, widely used in Chinese cuisine, is considered an endangered species while pufferfish or fugu, a Japanese delicacy, needs to be expertly handed as certain parts of it are lethally poisonous.

    The good thing about gourmet seafood is that you can simply let the ingredient speak for itself.  No need for other fancy ingredients and cooking means.  A simple poach, grill or pan fry with a splash of lemon is enough to bring out the fresh flavors reminiscent of the ocean.  And have a good quality white wine to wash it all down.

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Summery Seafood Recipes


Summer seafood dishes may be totally alien and unfamiliar for those who do not live in temperate countries with four seasons. It’s actually more than just fish, shrimp, crab, squid and other marine life prepared during hot weather.

  1. Eatler episode 2: Summer Seafood Salad
    FRANKALDANA
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    10 MONTHS AGO
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  2. Apart from the time of year, a summer feast (whether it’s predominantly serving seafood or not) has some other significance to it,  For some countries including the United States, summer is an opportunity for families to gather and celebrate a bountiful harvest.  It can also coincide with holidays like the 4th of July where restaurants lavishly prepare buffet spreads and outdoor grills enjoyed al fresco while enjoying the nighttime fireworks,
    To theme the cuisine of any occasion or season with a certain food or food group, one simply has to incorporate key ingredients as seamlessly as possible and not let it overwhelm other foods.  In the case of a harvest feast, fresh vegetables like tomatoes, corn, eggplant, squash, cucumbers, peppers are the main components of the season’s signature dishes.  It’s pretty easy enough to integrate seafood with them not to mention fruits like watermelon, cantaloupe and peaches.  Shellfish like lobster, crabs, prawns, oysters, clams, shrimp and tuna are all great to combine with the season’s flavors.  It is not uncommon to find cold soups and entrees served in a meal.  read more @ gourmandia.com
  3. Fresh Summer Seafood Recipes : Pictures ... - Cooking Channel
    Take advantage of fresh summer flavors with these seafood dishes from Cooking Channel, including salmon, lobster and tuna recipes.
    COOKINGCHANNELTV
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  4. #japanese #seafood #vattenbloggen
    LINNEA SJÖGREN
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    3 DAYS AGO
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Delicious Seafood Recipes


When preparing dishes predominantly using with seafood, the key to achieve a delectable outcome is not necessarily by using the most expensive but the freshest ingredients.

  1. #lobster #seafood #newhampshire
    RICKY S
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    3 DAYS AGO
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  2. If you’re lucky to be living by a coastline, lake or river where seafood are caught and sold in abundance, most likely your family’s mealtimes regularly feature a variety of delicious fish and shellfish dishes, usually prepared simply like grilling or pan frying.  To ensure the quality of seafood purchased elsewhere, develop a relationship with your fishmonger who can tip you when a fresh catch arrives.  Ensure proper storage if you won’t be using it immediately and remove innards when these haven’t been cleaned at the market as this are the first parts to spoil.  For crabs, mussels and clams purchased live, cook these right away because they simply won’t be edible if they perish before cooking. 

    Like a fine piece of marbled steak that tastes its best simply grilled, the best seafood is likewise prepared in a simple straightforward manner.  Take care not to overcook squid, cuttlefish and octopus as these tend to become very rubbery.  When deep frying calamari or tempura use good neutral tasting cooking oil that lets the flavors shine rather than interfere and lend a greasy dish. 

    read more @ gourmandia.com
  3. Sea Food Recipes
    TIMESNOWONLINE
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    4 YEARS AGO
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  4. For everyday seafood cooking, use readily available inexpensive shrimp, squid and mussels and transform them into a variety of salads, soups and entrées.  Expensive lobsters, imported scallops and caviar are reserved for special occasions. 
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