Category Archives: Fish

May Dishes

Posted on May 21, 2012 by ben

Rainbow trout: baked en papillote with a little white wine, a treatment most suitable to trout IMO. Roast garlic cream: fish stock, roast garlic, cream. A simple but delicious combination, and paired well with the Tapanappa Tiers Chardonnay 2005. It … Continue reading →

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Seafood and root veg purées

Posted on July 30, 2011 by ben

Just playing around with some seafood and root veg. Scallops: pan fried Tasmanian. Purée: Cauliflower florets poached in milk and cream, then puréed and seasoned (white pepper, sea salt). Sherry-butter foam: PX and Manzanilla Sherries, chicken stock, butter, a little … Continue reading →

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Easter Menu

Posted on April 22, 2011 by ben

A hastily composed menu. Salmon and prawn wantons, prawn bisque Certainly not to the standard of this execution, but nevertheless enjoyable. This wonton filling was tighter, due to being blitzed. Unfortunately, I think the touch of added Australian cream let … Continue reading →

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Fish: Pike

Posted on August 7, 2010 by ben

Aussie-Asian fusion continues to hold my interest, and I like to combine citrus with fish… Not bad with a Rias Baixas either.

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Fish: Flathead

Posted on July 24, 2010 by ben

So what to do when there’s not much flavour in the fish you’re working with? Add flavour: BBQ and spice! I am increasingly thinking this is an excellent treatment for warm water Australian fish with less flavour. (Flathead aren’t bad … Continue reading →

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BY Menu, 26 February 2008

Posted on July 10, 2010 by ben

I composed this menu for pesco vegetarians. Goat cheese and chive ravioli, tomato and basil vinaigrette A classic flavour combo that just works so well. The “vinaigrette” is more like a light tomato based sauce with sharp acidity. Celeriac soup, … Continue reading →

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MET Menu

Posted on June 27, 2010 by ben

Wine matching menu for M, E and T, February 2007. Apple soup, curried white chocolate foam I was playing around with different ideas for soup and came up with this. I think the combination of apple, curry and white chocolate … Continue reading →

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March 2006 menu

Posted on June 26, 2010 by ben

Haggis balls with whisky broth and neep powder It wasn’t Burns Night, of course, but reinterpreting (at least a little) a Scottish classic was fun. The balls were deep fried (of course, this is Scottish fare!), the swede dehydrated and … Continue reading →

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Dover sole

Posted on June 26, 2010 by ben

Rusticity is often welcome and delicious.

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