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.
Grilled Piri-Piri Prawns Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Portuguese cooking class! Portugal’s favourite sauce is just as good with these piri-piri prawns as it is with the more popular piri-piri chicken; the only difference is the marinating time. Prawn flesh is more delicate than poultry, so the lemon juice in the marinade may […]
Black Bean & Chilli Prawns with Crisp Noodles Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Asian home cooking class inspired by Cheong Liew! This black bean & chilli prawns recipe is a riff on Chinese cuisine’s classic black bean and chilli combo often seen with clams, especially pipis. It’s a very versatile seasoning and great […]
Prawns with Strange-flavoured Dressing Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Chinese cooking class! The odd name of this classic Sichuan sauce (also used in bang bang chicken) comes about because the combination of flavours is a strange one that shouldn’t work, yet does. Strange or not, the prawns with strange-flavoured dressing are in a […]
Prawns with Bottarga Butter Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class featuring the food of Sardinia! Prawns with bottarga butter is perfect for a quick and tasty dinner – even more so if you keep a roll of bottarga butter in the freezer! Use this recipe as inspiration for all sorts of […]
Prawn Laksa Lemak Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Singaporean cooking class! There are as many different versions of laksa as there are cooks, every Singaporean and Malaysian adds their own spin and there are distinct regional variations. Not all laksas contain coconut milk, but laksa lemak always does. Laksa lemak originated around the […]
Garlic Squid Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Spanish cooking class! Spaniards love meat or seafood cooked in oil and garlic: garlic prawns, garlic chicken and garlic squid. I use beautiful southern calamari for this simple tasty dish of calamares al ajillo as I love their delicate flesh, but you could use any squid, […]
Stir-fried Squid with Cumin & Noodles Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Chinese cooking class! Stir-fried squid with cumin is inspired by the cuisine of Xinjiang in China’s northwest, and is all about the noodles and the cumin. While this recipe is traditionally made with lamb, squid works well because of its firm texture. […]
Crispy Octopus with Prickly Ash Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Asian home cooking class inspired by Cheong Liew! The Chinese double cooking method of poaching or braising then frying is rarely used with seafood due to its delicate texture. The exception is octopus, which can be tough if not cooked correctly; large octopus […]
Southern-style BBQ Octopus Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! Traditional southern barbecue is all about sturdy cuts of beef and pork that can take a long slow cook. My Southern-style BBQ octopus is the pescatarian equivalent as, like its cephalopod cousins squid and cuttlefish, it […]
Octopus Cooked Ossobuco-style Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Northern Italian cooking class inspired by Alessandro Pavoni! With its firm texture, octopus lends itself perfectly to the long slow braise that makes traditional ossobuco so delicious and fall apart tender. Large ‘hands’ of octopus tentacles can be cooked this way as well: cut them […]
