I spent most of my career working with seafood while running Australia’s largest recreational cooking school, Sydney Seafood School at Sydney Fish Market. I love the quality and diversity of Australian seafood and I’ve learnt a bit about preparing it from my chef friends over the years, we even wrote a book on it! Here are some of my favourite seafood recipes.
Pasta Fredda with Smoked Trout Join my small-group food & wine tours to Italy to discover more traditional Italian specialties! My Italian friends would insist that pasta fredda, also called ‘summer pasta’, is not a pasta salad (not even a warm pasta salad) but a delicious dish of freshly cooked pasta tossed with a sauce […]
Prawn Bruschetta Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! What do you do with cooked prawns other than a prawn cocktail? It’s important not to reheat them, as they’ll become tough and tasteless. This quick prawn bruschetta recipe is a great dinner party starter and the perfect way […]
Prawn Crostini Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! Cooked prawns are convenient, but can’t be reheated or they end up rubbery and unappetising. So what can you make with cooked prawns other than a prawn cocktail? These easy prawn crostini are the answer. They’re perfect finger food […]
Saint-Pierre Meunière Like Saint-Pierre Meunière? You’ll love my online French cooking class! Meunière sauce is a French classic that’s especially popular with flat fish, sole meunière being the most traditional. Sole can be hard to come by in Sydney, so I serve my meunière sauce with another beautiful fish that’s also popular in France, Saint-Pierre […]
Prawn Bisque with Stracciatella Wondering what to do with the prawn meat after making bisque? Try these easy prawn recipes! Classic French bisque gets its flavour from the shells (mainly the heads) of shellfish, making it a very inexpensive soup. You can make bisque from any crustacean – crabs, lobsters, freshwater crayfish (such as yabbies […]
Steamed Fish with Ginger & Spring Onion Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Chinese cooking class! The classic Chinese dish of steamed fish with ginger and spring onion is traditionally prepared with whole fish, but it’s just as delicious with fillets. The rice wine, soy sauce, sesame oil and peanut oil combine to make […]
Creamy Seafood Crepes Who says seafood & cheese don’t mix? Discover more delicious seafood & cheese recipes! These creamy seafood crepes make an easy light meal with a green salad or a tasty starter if you serve one per person. Vary the seafood and herbs as you like: white fish, crabmeat and bugs or lobster […]
Cozze Gratinate Eat cozze gratinate with me on a small-group Southern Italian food & wine tour – see video below! Cozze gratinate, often called mussels au gratin, is a recipe that busts the myth that seafood and cheese don’t go together in Italian cuisine. I don’t always love mussels, but when I have them like […]
Scallop Mornay Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class! It may be retro, but scallop mornay is a thing – and if it’s your thing, this is the best scallop mornay recipe I know. There are two types of scallops commonly available in Australia, technically they’re called commercial scallops and saucer scallops. […]
Prawn Saganaki Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class! Prawn saganaki, or garides me Feta as it’s sometimes called in Greek, is a popular taverna dish in seafood-loving Greece. The saganaki is a two-handled copper baking dish in which the prawns are often cooked and served. It also gives its name to […]
