Recipe: Hayes Common | Photography: Brydie Thompson Serves 6 500g piece smoked salmon (we smoke ours in-house) Beetroot Hummus 2 cups (or 1 can) cooked chickpeas 1 cup chickpea cooking water (or 3 tbsp liquor from can with ¾ cup water added) 2 cups roasted peeled beetroot, diced (approx 3 medium beetroot) ½ cup tahini…
Recipe: Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Photography: Ashlee deCaires Much like fish en papillote, cooking fish wrapped in banana leaf results in a tender fish steamed in an aromatic parcel. The banana leaf will add a little flavour but is not meant to be eaten. If you can’t find banana leaves (we got ours from Bidfresh Hamilton…
Recipe: Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Photography: Ashlee deCaires Serves 6 | Gluten and dairy free There is little wonder Kokoda features on menus throughout Fiji. Kokoda exemplifies everything that is great about Fiji. ½ kg very fresh fish (in Fiji we loved Spanish mackerel but in NZ warehou, tarakihi, snapper will all work) juice of 6-8…
Fish cakes are a super simple way to turn last night’s mashed potato into a completely different meal. I used hot smoked salmon but any smoked or steamed fish for that matter will work. You can substitute the spring onion for regular onion, you just need to sauté it first. 150-200g hot smoked salmon 2…
Recipe: Justin Thomson from The Shack | Photography: Leah Hoskin A very simple, fresh and clean salad filled with deliciousness Serves 4–6 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp dill, chopped 1 tsp horseradish, creamed 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 500g hot smoked salmon, warmed 50g dill, picked (approx 1 cup) 50g flat leaf parsley…
Recipe: Darren Gussy from Delissi Restaurant | Photography: Ashlee DeCaires 600g swordfish 4 cloves garlic ¼ cup mint (torn) ¼ cup basil (torn) 2 lemons 50ml olive oil salt and pepper Cut swordfish into 2cm chunks and marinate with oil, herbs, garlic, lemon zest and juice. Thread onto steel or bamboo skewers soaked in water.…
Recipe: Darren Gussy from Delissi Restaurant | Photography: Ashlee DeCaires 2kg live mussels 1 tbsp vegetable oil ½ onion 2 cloves of garlic 1 tbsp ginger 1 stalk lemongrass 1 small chilli 1 tin crushed tomatoes 1 tbsp sugar ½ can coconut cream 1 cup seafood stock 50ml fish sauce Finely chop onion and cook in…
Recipe: Darren Gussy from Delissi Restaurant | Photography: Ashlee DeCaires 24 prawn cutlets deveined oil sweet chilli sauce small handful coriander, chopped 1 bag mesclun mix 1 punnet cherry tomatoes ½ small red onion ½ cucumber 1 cup mung beans 1 cup crispy noodles Salsa 1 fresh mango (tinned can be used as substitute) ½…
Recipe and Photography: Vicki Ravlich-Horan Serves 4-6 2 sheets of ready-made flaky pastry 150g hot smoked salmon 2 cups milk ½ onion 1 bay leaf 4–5 peppercorns 100g butter ½ cup flour 1 egg, lightly beaten sesame seeds Pre-heat the oven to 180°C. If you have a pizza stone, pop this in the oven to…
Recipe: Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Photography: Brydie Thompson Background shot on Carrera Marble laminate from www.laminexnewzealand.co.nz Lemon and fish go together as well as orange and chocolate. Don’t confine this combo to simply a squeeze of juice to your cooked fish, instead add a hint of that citrus goodness in with your crumb, be that traditional…
