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Recipe | Summer Panzanella with Anchovies

Iona Bower August 19, 2023

Pretty tins and the canned fish inside them make for fresh summer dishes that can transport you from the back garden to the Medterranean or Atlantic coast. Mackerel, tuna, sardines and anchovies have been storecupboard staples for over 200 years, now enjoying a renaissance – good for you too.

Serves 4

300g Sourdough bread, 2–3 days old, cut into cubes
300g mixed tomatoes
1 small cucumber, peeled, sliced and cubed
½ red onion, thinly sliced
Small jar mixed olives
1 x 50g tin anchovies, drained and cut into small pieces
5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (plus extra for the bread)
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
Bunch of basil, torn into pieces

1 Preheat the oven to 200C/ Fan 180C/Gas 6. Add the cubed sourdough to a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil, and season. Bake for 10 mins until golden, then remove from the oven and set aside to cool.

2 Add the tomatoes to a bowl, sprinkle with salt and leave for 5 mins. Then add the cucumber, onion, olives and anchovies and mix.

3 Add the bread and pour over the olive oil and vinegar, followed by salt, pepper and the torn basil. Mix together thoroughly, taste, and adjust the oil or vinegar as needed. Serve with fresh basil as a garnish

This recipe is one of the ideas from Catherine Frawley’s feature, Changing Your Tuna, in our July issue, which includes several recipes for tinned fish, including Mackerel Burgers, Nicoise Salad, Spaghetti with Sardines and Capers and Sardine Traybake.

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Recipe | Campfire Salmon

Iona Bower April 3, 2021

You don’t need to catch your fish for it to taste just better when eaten on the beach

This campfire salmon with tomato skewers is just the ticket for an impromptu day spent at the beach. It’s best eaten with windswept hair and mopped up with crusty bread after. 

Serves 4 

4 salmon fillets 

Salt and pepper 

1 lemon, sliced 

A punnet of cherry tomatoes 

Olive oil to drizzle 

1 Take two pieces of foil big enough to wrap the fish in. Place them on top of each other and place the salmon fillets in the middle. 

2 Season the salmon with salt and pepper then cover with lemon slices. Wrap the foil over the fish making sure there aren't any holes or gaps. 

3 Using wooden skewers, thread the cherry tomatoes onto the sticks, drizzle with a little oil and season with salt and pepper. Place a wire griddle over the fire – above the burning embers and away from the flames – and place your skewers on top, turning regularly until they begin to blacken. 

4 Meanwhile, place the foil salmon packet directly in the fire and flip roughly every 5 mins, cooking for around 25 mins, or until the fish is fully cooked. Serve with the tomato skewers and home-baked soda bread. 

Cook’s note: Soak your wooden skewers before using to stop them from charring and bring an old wire rack to balance on the fire to make cooking quicker. 

This recipe is part of our Gathering feature, Bright and Breezy, from our April issue, a complete guide to having an impromptu spring day by the sea. Alongside campfire and picnic recipes, it also features ideas for enjoying the beach responsibly and games to play on the sand. Photography by Brent Darby Photography and Narratives Photo Agency.

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Recipe | kedgeree for a weekend at home

Iona Bower March 5, 2021

A lovely, lazy dish for brunch, lunch, or whenever you like…

We’ve all spent more time at home recently. While we’re all dreaming of a weekend away, why not have a ‘weekend away at home’, with fancy food, time to sit over the lunch table and chat and plenty of board games and books. This hot smoked salmon kedgeree is delicious served hot or cold. The brunch dish was first given the royal seal of approval by Queen Victoria, and if it’s good enough for her, it’s good enough for us.

Serves 4

2 tbsp ghee
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp grated ginger
2 bay leaves
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp fennel seeds
1 tbsp mustard seeds
1 leek, chopped (white part only)
2 large tomatoes, finely chopped
750g of cooked basmati rice
2 tbsp medium curry powder
Juice of 1 lemon
1½ tsp sea salt flakes (or to taste)
200g cooked hot smoked salmon fillets
2 boiled eggs, cut into quarters
Lemon wedges, fresh coriander and dill to serve

1 Heat the ghee in a large sauté pan or frying pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic, ginger, bay leaves, cumin, fennel and mustard seeds and sauté for a few seconds until the seeds start to crackle and become fragrant.
2 Add the leek and sauté for a further 1-2 mins, or until it starts to soften and caramelise, then add the tomatoes and cook for another 1-2 mins, or until they’re glazed and softened.
3 Add the cooked basmati rice, curry powder, lemon juice and salt and mix well, ensuring that the rice breaks down and all the spices are evenly incorporated throughout.
4 Flake the cooked salmon fillets into the pan and mix thoroughly, taking care not to break up the salmon flakes too much. Reduce the heat, adding a couple of tablespoons of water if it looks a little dry. Cover and cook for a further 2-3 mins, or until the dish is completely warmed through.
5 Spoon onto a platter or serving dish and garnish with the boiled egg quarters, lemon wedges, fresh coriander and dill.

Cook’s note: Use ready-cooked basmati rice to make this recipe super-quick and easy to prepare.

This kedgeree recipe by Lousie Gorrod is part of our Weekend Away at Home feature from our March issue. You can find the rest of the menu, including a garlic dip, rosemary spiced nuts and a triple chocolate cake - as well as lots of ideas for making a weekend away out of a weekend at home - starting on page 48. Photography by Emma Croman.

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Recipe: Fish pie

Lottie Storey November 5, 2019

Surely the most comforting of comfort foods, great for a crowd and just as good eaten alone on the sofa

In our November issue, Olivia Potts, author of A Half Baked Idea (Fig Tree), talked about how cooking a fish pie helped her grieve for her mother and we all agreed that there’s something very gentle and soothing about both putting together and eating this dish. Baking a fish pie needn’t involve using every pan in your house. In this simple recipe, which first appeared in our November 2015 issue, the veg are included in the pie so you don’t even need a side dish. Spoon it out into a bowl to eat curled up with a blanket or perhaps bring it out for a bonfire night supper with friends.

Fish Pie

You will need

200g boneless white fish fillets
200g skinless salmon fillet (pin-boned)
450ml full-fat milk
750g potatoes, peeled and halved
1 tbsp olive oil
4 baby leeks, finely sliced
3 shallots, diced
2 fennel bulbs, finely sliced
100g butter
2 tbsp plain flour
150g frozen peas
3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
juice of 1 lemon
salt and freshly ground black pepper

How to make

1 Preheat oven to 180C/Fan 160C/350F.
2 Place the fish in a baking dish, season and pour over 400ml of the milk. Cover with foil and bake for 15 minutes until the fish flakes slightly when pressed with a fork.
3 Remove the fish, reserving the milk. When cool enough to handle, flake the fish into bite- sized pieces and set aside.
4 Place the potatoes in a pot, cover with salted cold water, bring to the boil and simmer until soft. 5 Heat the olive oil in a shallow casserole over a low to medium heat on the hob and sautée the leeks, shallots and fennel until soft. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
6 Melt 50g of the butter in the casserole, stir in the flour and cook over a low heat for 2-3 mins. Slowly add the reserved milk and continue to cook until thickened, stirring continuously.
7 Add the flaked fish, sautéed leeks, shallots and fennel, peas, 1 tbsp of the parsley and the lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
8 Drain the potatoes and mash with the remaining 50ml milk, 50g butter and rest of the chopped parsley until smooth. Season to taste.
9 Spoon the mash on top of the fish mixture and smooth with a spatula. Trace a pattern into the mash with a fork.
10 Place the casserole into the oven and bake for 20–25 mins or until golden.

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Recipe | Shellfish in parcels

Lottie Storey July 10, 2018

Cooking fish the Mediterranean way in a parcel (en papillotte or cartoccio) allows it to cook in its own steam, resulting in a moist and lightly cooked dish. These shellfish pouches can be cooked on a barbecue or in an oven, bringing the flavour of holidays to your table.

Shellfish in parcels

FOR EACH PARCEL
3 sprigs flat-leaf parsley
1 large sprig fresh rosemary or thyme
3 spring onions, finely chopped
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice or a splash of dry white wine
250g shellfish, such as cockles, clams and prawns (with shells on)*

1 Take a large 30cm square of baking parchment for each parcel. On one side, place your mixed herbs and spring onions, season and drizzle with a little oil and lemon juice or wine. Lay the shellfish on top, drizzle over the remaining oil and lemon juice.
2 Fold the paper up and over the filling, and pinch all the way round to secure, tucking the corners under a couple of times to ensure the parcel is thoroughly sealed while leaving plenty of space in the parcel for air to circulate evenly during cooking. If you’re barbecuing them, wrap a sheet of foil around the parcel too, taking care not to squash it. 
3 To barbecue: ensure the charcoal grill is medium hot (your hand over the coals should be comfortable for about five seconds). Place the parcels on a grill rack and cook for 3–4 mins until you start to hear the juices bubbling. Cook for another 5 mins with the lid over the barbecue. Take off the heat and set aside, unopened, for 5 mins.
4 To cook in the oven: preheat to 200C/ Fan 180C/Gas 6, place the parcels on a baking tray and cook for 20 mins. Take out and check the cockles or clams have opened or prawns are bright pink. Remember it will continue to cook when out of the oven. Stand for 3–5 mins.

Recipe from Mediterranean by Susie Theodorou (Kyle Books).

* You can replace the shellfish with 175g fish such as sea bass, mackerel or salmon (about 1.5cm thick, keep skin on). Cook until fish is just flaky.

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Recipe | Bay and lemon wrapped salmon

Lottie Storey December 28, 2017

Fish baked with lemon and bay makes a simple supper

Use bay to protect delicate salmon from the heat of the oven, and to infuse it with its fragrant notes.

Serves 2
2 salmon steaks
2 bay leaves
1–2 lemons, thinly sliced (you’ll need 8 slices)

Preheat oven to 200C/Fan 180C/ 400F. Lay each piece of salmon on a piece of baking parchment, around 25cm square. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and then lay on bay leaves and lemon slices alternately and drizzle with a little olive oil. Fold the paper around each piece of fish and tie with string, then place on a baking tray and bake for 25 mins. Serve hot alongside a salad or with salad potatoes and green veg.

Turn to page 37 of January's The Simple Things for more bay recipes. 

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Recipe | Smoked trout, cucumber and coconut salad with dosa

Lottie Storey May 29, 2017

More interesting than a plain old wrap, a South Indian dosa makes a tasty accompaniment to a spring salad. Many recipes require the pancake batter to ferment overnight but these need no fermentation, making them ideal for speedy dinners. 

Smoked trout, cucumber and coconut salad with dosa

SERVES 4
400g smoked trout, coarsely flaked, bones removed
1 cucumber, sliced
2 handfuls fresh coriander
25g shredded coconut*
1⁄2 red onion, thinly sliced
2 fresh kaffir lime leaves**, thinly sliced, plus extra to serve
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1 tbsp vegetable oil
Cos lettuce leaves, to serve

for the dosas
150g wholemeal flour
50g rice flour
2.5cm piece ginger, grated
1 green chilli, finely chopped
1 tsp cumin seeds

1 To make dosa batter, combine flours, ginger, chilli and cumin seeds in a large bowl, then whisk in 430ml cold water. Season and set aside.
2 Combine trout, cucumber, coriander, coconut, onion, kaffir lime leaves and lime juice in a large bowl and set aside.
3 Heat 1⁄2tsp of the oil in a large frying pan. Add 2 tbsp of the dosa batter, swirl to thinly coat the base of the pan, cook until golden (1 min), then flip and cook until crisp (1 min). Transfer to a plate, cover with foil to keep warm and repeat with the remaining batter. Stack the cooked dosas between sheets of baking parchment to prevent them sticking to each other.
4 Serve with the smoked trout, extra lime leaves and lettuce.

Recipe from Lemons and Limes by Ursula Ferrigno (Ryland Peters & Small).

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Recipe: Kedgeree

Lottie Storey March 7, 2017

The days are getting longer, hens are laying again, and suddenly getting up and preparing a special breakfast on a weekend doesn’t feel like an effort, more a pleasure. There’s something very satisfying about a savoury breakfast, but of course these little bowls of goodness would be equally suited to the lunch or dinner table.  

MAKES FOUR BOWLS
300g undyed smoked haddock
570ml full-fat whole milk
60g butter
1 onion, finely diced
2 tsp light curry powder, plus extra
to garnish
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200g basmati rice*
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
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Small bunch coriander, roughly chopped

1 Gently poach the haddock in the milk for 8 mins. Remove the haddock, reserving the milk. Cover and set aside.
2 Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the onion and curry powder and cook gently with a little salt until the onion is soft.
3 Add the flour and cook briefly to form a roux. With the pan off the heat, add one ladleful of the warm poaching milk to the roux, stirring constantly. Return the pan to a gentle heat and continue to add the milk gradually, stirring all the time. Once the milk has been incorporated, leave to simmer for 5 mins.
4 Meanwhile, cook the rice in a steamer or in boiling water, then drain. Season to taste. 5 To serve, spoon the rice into four bowls. Halve the boiled eggs and place each half in a bowl. Spoon the sauce and flaked smoked haddock into the centre and garnish with chopped coriander and a sprinkling of curry powder.

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Recipe: Feelgood fish fingers

Lottie Storey February 20, 2017

This simple but super-tasty version of the beloved fish finger is rich in healthy omega-3 fatty acids and every bit as comforting but without the junk. Serve in a bap with mayo and salad or simply bring to the table in the baking tray and dish out the forks. Who needs plates anyway?


SERVES 2

2 tbsp ground flaxseed
2 tbsp fine porridge oats
1⁄2 tsp garlic granules
1⁄2 tsp dried mixed herbs
2 large skinless salmon fillets
Olive oil, for coating
Lemon wedges, to serve

1 Preheat the oven to 200C/Fan 180C/400F. Mix the ground flaxseed, oats, garlic granules and dried herbs together, and season to taste. Spread this mixture out over a flat surface.
2 Cut the salmon into fingers and lightly coat in olive oil. Roll the fingers in the oat mixture until they are completely covered.
3 Place on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for around 25 mins or until the coating is crisp and golden. Serve with lemon wedges.

Recipe from The Medicinal Chef: How to Cook Healthily by Dale Pinnock (Quadrille). Photography: Issy Croker

 

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Recipe: Simply Goan fish curry

Lottie Storey January 17, 2017

Indian dishes can have endless ingredients but this light and spicy curry is a doddle

Serves 4
4 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
4 dried red Kashmiri chillies
2cm root ginger, peeled and finely grated
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp ground turmeric
2 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 large plum tomato, finely chopped
1 x 400ml tin coconut milk
1 tbsp palm sugar, or soft light brown sugar
2 tsp tamarind paste
1 green chilli, deseeded
and finely sliced
500g firm white fish fillets, skinned, cut into 3cm chunks
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Thyme sprigs or chopped chives, to garnish
Lemon zest strips, to garnish

1 Toast the coriander and cumin seeds and dried chillies in a dry frying pan for about a minute. Crush in a pestle and mortar, then mix in the ginger, garlic, turmeric and 1 tsp salt.
2 Heat the oil in a sauté pan over a medium heat and fry the onion until soft and golden. Stir in the spice mix. Cook for a couple of minutes, then add the tomato and cook until it is soft.
3 Add the coconut milk, sugar, tamarind and green chilli and bring to just under the boil. Immediately reduce the heat and simmer for about five minutes, until slightly thickened. Taste for seasoning.
4 Season the fish all over, then add it to the sauce and simmer for about four mins until cooked through. Add the coriander leaves and serve with rice.

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Recipe: Flip-flop-pop fish and campers' coleslaw

Lottie Storey July 20, 2015

'This is a super-simple way to cook fish when you’re camping. It is also a very child-friendly recipe. In fact, it was my five-year-old who suggested the Rice Krispies coating. It works brilliantly and provides a satisfying crunch. You could try breadcrumbs, rolled oats or even cornflakes in place of the Rice Krispies. The coleslaw is low-cost, quick and easy and very tasty.'

Ali Ray, author of Pitch Up, Eat Local

Serves 4

4 skinless fish fillets (use white, firm, flaky-fleshed fish such as pouting, whiting or sustainably caught cod or pollock)
Olive oil
4 soft bread buns

For the coating

Plain flour
2 tsp paprika
Grated zest of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper
3 large handfuls of Rice Krispies
1 large egg, beaten

For the coleslaw

Half a red cabbage
Half a white cabbage
Half a red onion
3 carrots, peeled
4 tbsp plain yoghurt
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard

1 First, make the coleslaw. Slice the cabbage and onion as thinly as possible. Put in a large bowl. Grate the carrots into the bowl. Add the yoghurt and mustard and mix well.

2 Sprinkle at least 6 tbsp plain flour over a large plate and mix in the paprika, grated lemon zest, salt and pepper.

3 Crush the Rice Krispies in a freezer bag and pour on to a separate plate. Have your beaten egg in a wide bowl next to this.

4 One at a time, flip the fish fillets over in the flour, then flop in the egg, then flip back into the flour. Pop into the Rice Krispies, making sure the fillets are well coated.

5 Heat up a slug of olive oil in a large frying pan. Put the coated fish fillets in the pan, and fry for about 4 minutes on each side. Resist the temptation to push the fish about with a spatula as it might disintegrate. Check the fish is cooked.

6 Put the fish fillets and a heap of coleslaw in a soft bread bun to serve.

 

Recipe from Pitch Up, Eat Local by Ali Ray (AA Publishing).
See August's issue of The Simple Things for coastal campsites and the perfect pitch - buy, download or subscribe now.

Read more:

  • Sunshine Hash recipe
  • Picnic Loaf recipe
  • Campfire Beef & Beans recipe
  • Camping food inspiration on Pinterest

 

In Escape Tags camping, issue 38, august, recipe, fish
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Recipe: Spring plaice, with shrimp and sprouting broccoli

David Parker March 5, 2015

The sun is shining, the trees are blossoming, and it's time to get out of that winter cooking rut. Go lighter (like the mornings) with this fresh and tasty plaice recipe, courtesy of the Edible Garden Show.

Taking place on 20-22 March at Alexandra Palace, London, the Edible Garden Show is the only show in the UK dedicated to grow-your-own. Taking you beyond the plot, Good Life Live covers a whole range of outdoor living experiences.  Both events are packed full of free experts talks and hands on demonstrations  from the likes of Big Allotment Challenge’s Jonathan Moseley, BBC’s James Wong & Radio 4’s Pippa Greenwood. It’s the perfect family day out with under 16's going free, a pop up city farm and Cbeebies Mr Bloom popping by to say “‘ello tiddlers”. 

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Spring plaice, with shrimp and sprouting broccoli

Serves 2 

Ingredients:

1 whole plaice (about 750g), cleaned and scaled, skin on - ask your fishmonger to do the fiddly bits, like cutting the pocket in the top

125g brown shrimp or small prawns

Juice of ½ lemon

150g unsalted butter, melted

To the melted butter add a quarter of a teaspoon of each of the following and stir well: 
Mace
Nutmeg
Paprika
Chilli powder 

250g Charlotte or pink fir/anya potatoes

200g Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Zest of 1 lemon

 

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 200C.
2. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a non-stick frying pan large enough to lay the whole fish in flat.
3. Take the plaice and make two diagonal cuts towards the tail in each half of the fish on the side with the dark skin (see picture).
4. Place the fish in the frying pan, dark skin down, and fry over a medium heat for 4-5 minutes. Gently turn the fish over in one movement, so now the dark skin side is facing up. It should be slightly crispy and golden.
5. Now add the flavoured butter and a squeeze of half a lemon and, as it melts, spoon the melting, foaming butter over the fish to baste it and get that flavour in there. Top with the shrimp and carry on spooning the butter over for another minute.
6. Place in the oven for 8-12 minutes (depending on size of fish). A good way to tell if it's cooked, is that you should easily be able to remove the head of the fish with a dessert spoon.
7. Remove from the oven and loosely cover with tinfoil to keep warm.
8. Plate up the steamed broccoli and new potatoes, and finish with the fish.

In Eating Tags fish, recipe, spring, fresh, issue 33, march, edible garden show
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Recipe: Tea smoked trout with horseradish and yogurt sauce

David Parker February 13, 2015

Just in time for the start of the trout fishing season, and with a nice garnish of seasonal watercress, we asked Yeo Valley for their favourite February recipe.  

 

Ingredients

10 tea bags
175g demerara sugar
175g long grain rice
4 trout fillets
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper
Foil

For the Horseradish & Yogurt Sauce:
100g Yeo Valley Natural Yogurt
1 tbsp of hot horseradish
Juice of a lemon
Small sprig of dill

 

Method

Cut the tea bags open, shake out the tea into a bowl and discard the bags. Add the sugar and rice and mix together.

Line a deep, heavy roasting tin with silver foil.

Spread the tea mixture over the base.

Cover with either a cooling rack or another layer of foil. Place the roasting tray on top of the stove and heat up.

Once the mixture is smoking slightly place the trout on the rack or on top of the foil, skin side down. Drizzle the trout with 1 tbsp olive oil and season with salt and freshly ground pepper.

Cover the roasting tin tightly with foil or a tightly covered lid, and leave to smoke on the stove over a moderate heat for 15-20 mins.

Mix all ingredients for the sauce together, season to taste, then spoon over the smoked trout and serve with fresh watercress.

 

Thanks to Yeo Valley for the recipe.

 

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