Seaweed Ice Cream with the brilliant @oritannenbaum and @gaptoothedheart • During their time at @ballymaloecookeryschool they’d love to explore the Irish coast and explore all that the sea has to offer and developed some truly delicious ice creams.Edited · 1d
To celebrate the final episode of Neven’s Irish Food Trails on RTÉ One tonight at 7:30 pm, we’re making Neven’s Mediterranean monkfish and potato stew with an almond crumb.
Ingredients
This is an excellent fail-safe recipe that I often find myself cooking at home. The almond crumb makes it into something just a bit more glamorous. Of course, you could use any fish you like and add some shellfish too if you feel like pushing the boat out.
Serves: 4
25g (1oz) blanched almonds
1 tsp sweet paprika
4 tbsp olive oil
2 red onions, finely chopped
1 fennel bulb, trimmed and finely chopped
2 tsp fennel seeds
½–1 tsp dried chilli flakes
a good pinch of saffron strands soaked in a little hot water
2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 x 400g (14oz) tins of whole plum tomatoes
300ml (½ pint) fish or chicken stock (preferably homemade)
450g (1lb) small new potatoes, scrubbed and halved or quartered if large
675g (1½lb) boneless monkfish, skinned with all tough membrane removed and cut into bite-sized pieces
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, to garnish
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/gas mark 4).
To make the almond crumb, spread the almonds out on a baking sheet and place in the oven for about 5 minutes, until they are golden.
Allow to cool, then roughly chop until they resemble coarse breadcrumbs. Place in a bowl and mix with the paprika and 1 teaspoon of salt. Set aside until needed.
Put a large casserole with a lid over a high heat on the hob and add the olive oil. Turn the heat down to medium and add the onions and fennel.
Stir in the fennel seeds, chilli flakes, and saffron and sauté for 10 minutes, then stir in the garlic and sauté for another couple of minutes.
Add the tomatoes to the onion mixture, crushing them with a wooden spoon, then pour in the stock and add the potatoes.
Season to taste and simmer for 25–30 minutes, until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife.
Add the monkfish to the potato stew and simmer for another 5 minutes, until the fish is just cooked through and looks opaque.
Divide among hot bowls and sprinkle over the almond crumb, then scatter over the parsley to serve.
Of course this recipe is great with just parsley but experiment with a combination of soft fragrant herbs sauce as parsley, chives, tarragon or chervil depending on what’s available.
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 x 175g hake fillets, skin on and boned
1 tablesp. olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
50g butter
½ lemon, pips removed
1 tablesp. chopped mixed herbs (parsley, chives and tarragon)
To Cook
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and add the seasoned hake fillets, skin side down. Cook for a couple of minutes until the skin is just beginning to crisp, then add little knobs of butter to the pan around each hake fillet and cook for another couple of minutes until the skin is crisp.
Turn the hake fillets over and cook for another 3-4 minutes until cooked through. This will depend on the thickness of the fillets. Transfer to warmed plates while you make the sauce.
Add the rest of the butter to the frying pan and allow it to gently melt over a moderate heat. When it has melted, add a squeeze of lemon juice and the herbs, swirling to combine. Season to taste. Spoon this sauce over the hake fillets and serve with steamed broccoli and some sautéed new potatoes.
Serving Suggestions
Steamed broccoli and sauté new potatoes
Tips
Above all be careful not to overcook the fish. To check, gently prod the thickest part of the fish with a small knife. If it is cooked, the flesh will look opaque and the flakes will separate easily. If it isn’t done yet, it will still have the translucent look for raw fish.
Other fish you could use: Whiting, haddock or trout fillets
Of course this recipe is great with just parsley but experiment with a combination of soft fragrant herbs sauce as parsley, chives, tarragon or chervil depending on what’s available.
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 x 175g hake fillets, skin on and boned
1 tablesp. olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
50g butter
½ lemon, pips removed
1 tablesp. chopped mixed herbs (parsley, chives and tarragon)
To Cook
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and add the seasoned hake fillets, skin side down. Cook for a couple of minutes until the skin is just beginning to crisp, then add little knobs of butter to the pan around each hake fillet and cook for another couple of minutes until the skin is crisp.
Turn the hake fillets over and cook for another 3-4 minutes until cooked through. This will depend on the thickness of the fillets. Transfer to warmed plates while you make the sauce.
Add the rest of the butter to the frying pan and allow it to gently melt over a moderate heat. When it has melted, add a squeeze of lemon juice and the herbs, swirling to combine. Season to taste. Spoon this sauce over the hake fillets and serve with steamed broccoli and some sautéed new potatoes.
Serving Suggestions
Steamed broccoli and sauté new potatoes
Tips
Above all be careful not to overcook the fish. To check, gently prod the thickest part of the fish with a small knife. If it is cooked, the flesh will look opaque and the flakes will separate easily. If it isn’t done yet, it will still have the translucent look for raw fish.
Other fish you could use: Whiting, haddock or trout fillets
Seaweed Ice Cream with the brilliant @oritannenbaum and @gaptoothedheart • During their time at @ballymaloecookeryschool they’d love to explore the Irish coast and explore all that the sea has to offer and developed some truly delicious ice creams.Edited · 1d
Of course this recipe is great with just parsley but experiment with a combination of soft fragrant herbs sauce as parsley, chives, tarragon or chervil depending on what’s available.
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 x 175g hake fillets, skin on and boned
1 tablesp. olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
50g butter
½ lemon, pips removed
1 tablesp. chopped mixed herbs (parsley, chives and tarragon)
To Cook
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and add the seasoned hake fillets, skin side down. Cook for a couple of minutes until the skin is just beginning to crisp, then add little knobs of butter to the pan around each hake fillet and cook for another couple of minutes until the skin is crisp.
Turn the hake fillets over and cook for another 3-4 minutes until cooked through. This will depend on the thickness of the fillets. Transfer to warmed plates while you make the sauce.
Add the rest of the butter to the frying pan and allow it to gently melt over a moderate heat. When it has melted, add a squeeze of lemon juice and the herbs, swirling to combine. Season to taste. Spoon this sauce over the hake fillets and serve with steamed broccoli and some sautéed new potatoes.
Serving Suggestions
Steamed broccoli and sauté new potatoes
Tips
Above all be careful not to overcook the fish. To check, gently prod the thickest part of the fish with a small knife. If it is cooked, the flesh will look opaque and the flakes will separate easily. If it isn’t done yet, it will still have the translucent look for raw fish.
Other fish you could use: Whiting, haddock or trout fillets
Seaweed Ice Cream with the brilliant @oritannenbaum and @gaptoothedheart • During their time at @ballymaloecookeryschool they’d love to explore the Irish coast and explore all that the sea has to offer and developed some truly delicious ice creams.Edited · 1d
@myrtlerest we don’t want the curfew to get people down so we are doing a 9pm Myrtle experience. we’ve packaged it up from start tMyrtle Martini, Bia Beag, treacle bread and butter, Clonakilty black pudding, oat crusted Hake and finished with take home Irish Fudge and tea
This Tomato and Red Onion Salad could be served with any of the other recipes. It would be particularly nice with the Spiced Haddock.
Serves 4
Cooking time:
Ingredients
4 whiting fillets, around 175g each, skinned and boned
½ tablesp. olive oil
A little salt and black pepper
A knob of butter
Tomato and Red Onion Salad
200g tomatoes, roughly chopped
½ small red onion, thinly sliced
Juice of half a lemon
2 tablesp. olive oil
Salt and black pepper
Bunch of chives, thinly sliced
Pea and Potato Mash
1kg potatoes, peeled and freshly cooked
150g frozen peas, cooked
6 tablesp. milk
25g butter
To Cook
Heat a little olive oil in a large frying pan. Season the fish and add to the pan, skin side up. Fry for 3-4 minutes then turn it over. Add a knob of butter to the pan and continue to cook the fish for another 3-4 minutes until it flakes easily with a fork. As the butter melts spoon it over the fish.
Meanwhile combine the salad ingredients. Taste for seasoning.
Heat the milk and butter in a saucepan then combine with the cooked potatoes and peas. Mash well. Season to taste.
Serving Suggestions
Serve the fish with the Tomato and Red Onion Salad and Pea and Potato Mash.