Perfect for a summer’s day when it’s too hot to cook this simple recipe uses a few store cupboard staples and fresh salad ingredients
Fish
Smoked Haddock and Poached Egg with Asparagus, Sugar Snap Peas, and a Beurre Blanc
Smoked Haddock and poached Egg with Asparagus, Sugar Snap Peas, and a Beurre Blanc. There is a certain class of genteel English hotel where they serve an assortment of dishes alongside the usual offering of a full English and a Continental offer. Maybe a bowl of kedgeree, a Manx kipper or a perfect poached egg and smoked haddock. This nutritious yet tasty dish can easily be elevated to a stunning lunch or supper dish. Perfect for spring with some sautéed seasonal vegetables and a simple beurre blanc or butter sauce.
Sesame-battered Monkfish Bites with Green Chilli Sauce
Sesame-battered Monkfish Bites with Green Chilli Sauce. They say good things come in small packages. Well, these crispy monkfish pieces with a spicy, tangy green sauce pack a BIG flavour punch. Monkfish is perfect for this recipe because of its firm, almost meaty texture and its sweet flavour. It is also a perfect foil for the homemade chilli sauce.
My Pan Bagnat is so Nice
History has it a version of Pan Bagnat was made in as early as the sixteenth century for hungry fishermen by their wives. They scooped out the centre of day-old bread packed it full of whatever was at hand and wrapped them in cloth. As a peasant dish the recipe was not likely to have contained tuna which would have been a much later addition. The whole thing is made in advance to allow all the flavours to soak into the bread.