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Recipes
- ‘Everything spice’ cured wild salmon, bagel crisps, cream cheese, dill and capers
- Air Fried Garlic and Ginger Cod with Broccoli and Carrots
- Air Fried Garlic and Ginger Cod with Broccoli and Carrots
- Air Fried Garlic Tuna Nuggets with Lemongrass and Lime Leaves
- Air Fried Garlic Tuna Nuggets with Lemongrass and Lime Leaves
- Anchovy and Shallot Focaccia
- Antipasti-style hake fillets
- Apple smoked scallops
- Asian Hake Medallions Salad
- Authentic Goan fish curry recipe
- Bacon-wrapped coley with cheesy polenta
- Baked whitefish with white wine
- Basque-style Hake with Garlic and Sauce Romesco
- Basque-style Hake with Garlic and Sauce Romesco
- Beer battered fish and chips
- Beer-battered Hake & Chips with Atchar
- Burger with lemon, feta cheese and red onions
- Butterflied prawns with garlic, chilli and herb butter
- Caesar Salad with Pickled Sardines
- Cajun halibut tacos with chipotle aioli, mango salsa and jalapeno buttermilk coleslaw
- Cantabrian Anchovy pasta with red pepper pesto
- Cape haddock hot rice
- Cape hake fillet with zucchini salad
- Cape Hake Meuniere
- Cape Malay pickled fish
- Cape Malay pickled hake
- Cape Malay-style pickled hake
- Ceviche vom Weißfisch
- Chargrilled Skull Island tiger prawns with chilli and garlic oil, avocado mousse and charred greens
- Chef Charlotte's fish sandwich
- Chermoula wild banana prawns with lemon and coconut tahini
- Chilean sea bass dumplings
- Chilli-garlic tuna with mushroom broth
- Chinese seafood and tomato hotpot
- Chinese seafood and tomato hotpot
- Chipotle prawn tacos
- Chirashi Sushi Bowl with MSC certified Surimi
- Citrus dusted wild halibut, fresh avocado salsa
- Citrus, melon & wild cod salad
- Clam Soup with Peas, Sherry & Coriander
- Classic South African fish pie
- Cockles and dill rice
- Cod & Brown Shrimp Butter
- Cod Boribap
- Coldwater Shrimp and Turmeric Soup with Vermicelli
- Coldwater Shrimp and Turmeric Soup with Vermicelli
- Coley with Winter Vegetables
- Cornish Hake Tacos
- Cornish hake tacos
- Cornish Sardine Pâté Sandwich
- Crab mac and cheese
- Crab roll with seaweed spiced mayo
- Creamy chickpea soup with clams
- Creamy Coconut Hake
- Creamy Coconut Hake with Grilled Seasonal Vegetables
- Creamy Hake Medallions
- Creamy mussels with ‘courgetti’ pasta
- Creamy scallops and shallots
- Crispy hake with spicy mashed potatoes & tenderstem broccoli
- Crispy Potato Cakes with Herb Marinated Cold Water Shrimp
- Crumbed hake baguette
- Crumbed hake caponata parmigiana
- Dill and chilli hake with spekboom
- Easy fish tacos
- Easy fish tacos, herbed slaw
- Family Fish Pie
- Fish Balls with Remoulade Sauce and Cucumber Spaghetti
- Fish Burger
- Fish finger tacos
- Fish Lasagne with Cauliflower, Spinach and Cottage Cheese
- Fish Lasagne with Cauliflower, Spinach and Cottage Cheese
- Fish red curry
- Fish Tacos with Broccoli Slaw
- Fish tikka masala
- Forever salmon and prawn paella
- Fresh shrimp summer rolls
- Gambas a la plancha with wild prawns
- Gnocchi and hake bake with sundried tomato
- Grapefruit, arugula and radicchio salad with mackerel
- Greek Hake with Feta, Lemon & Fennel
- Greek Style Tuna Burgers with Tzatziki
- Green onion pancake with lobster dip
- Grilled fish skewers with Asian marinade
- Grilled hake with herbed lentils
- Grilled hake with Thai red curry sauce
- Grilled herring with Indonesian scrambled eggs
- Grilled Parmesan Garlic Oysters
- Grilled whitefish skewers
- Haddock and Broccoli Bake
- Haddock and Broccoli Bake
- Haddock Fish Burger
- Haddock Fish Burger
- Haddock fish burger with pickled fennel
- Haddock with Fennel, Lemon and Black Olives
- Hake and potato bake with mustard
- Hake and Spinach Bake
- Hake bobotie
- Hake fillet with saffron and orange sauce
- Hake fried in 'bokkom' butter
- Hake kebabs
- Hake on a bagel with cropped lettuce
- Hake Poke Bowl
- Hake Tacos
- Hake 'viskoekies' (fish cakes)
- Hake with avocado and mojo verde
- Hake with fennel salad & crunchy salsa verde
- Hake with Nduja, White Beans & Kale
- Halibut and Colourful Zoodles
- Herbed hake & spring vegetable spaghetti
- Herbed Hake Polpettes
- Herbed Wild Salmon with Creme Fraiche and Spring veggies
- Hoki fish with chipotle coleslaw and harissa guacamole
- Homemade Fish n' Chips with Minted Mushy Peas
- Hot smoked salmon and spring greens
- Japanese marinated tuna rice bowl
- Kabeljau mit Kartoffelschuppen, Spinat und Kartoffelpüree
- Kenny’s freshly steamed Shetland mussels with garlic and spring onion
- Korean fish pancakes
- Lemony tuna pasta salad
- Lobster diavola
- Lobster saffron risotto - SW
- Lobster salad with avocado and mango
- Mackerel piccata
- Maldivian mas huni
- Manhattan Salmon Chowder
- MSC Certified New Zealand Rockling fish with avocado purée, crispy potato, grilled baby leeks & Sauce Vierge
- MSC clams with elderflower & new potatoes
- Nasi Goreng with wild prawns
- Noix de Saint Jacques rôties au beurre vanillé et nage de cresson
- North Australian wild banana prawn bisque
- Octopus salad
- Oven-Baked Cod with Carrot Sauce
- Oven-Baked Pike Perch
- Oven-baked whitefish with carrot sauce
- Pad Thai with wild prawns
- Pan Fried Hake & Tuscan Beans
- Pan fried hake with crisp sweet garlic
- Pan-fried lemon & herb Cape hake with egg noodle stir-fry
- Pickled Cape hake
- Piri piri prawns with mango and padrón peppers
- Pollock fish parcels
- Portuguese Cod With Eggs
- Prawns from the barbie, two ways
- Puttanesca Style Squid Salad
- Roast MSC Cod, Charred gem, Tartar Hollandaise, Pancetta Crumb
- Roasted mackerel and mixed tomatoes
- Saithe and mash potato pie
- Salmon and quinoa mason jar salad
- Salmon cakes with chimichurri
- Salmon Lasagna
- Salmon picnic pâté
- Salmon pizza
- Salmon tartare
- Salmon, cream cheese and cucumber bites
- Salmorejo (Spanish soup) and anchovies
- Sardine spring rolls
- Sardines in masala
- Scallops and Shiitake Mushrooms
- Scotch eggs with smoked haddock
- Scout's lobster rolls
- Seafood Chowder
- Seared Atlantic cod with Argentinian puchero con chorizo
- Seared king prawns with fennel, asparagus, green beans and potatoes
- Seared Salmon with Vegetable Ragout and Beurre Blanc
- Sheet pan, everything but the bagel, salmon
- Shrimp salad sandwiches
- Sicilian fish soup
- Smashed Brussel Sprouts with Brown Butter Tuna Hollandaise
- Smoked herring shakshuka
- Smoked Salmon and Mango Salad
- Smoked wild salmon crostinis, herbed cream cheese and pickled shallots
- Smokey clam and corn chowder
- Spaghetti with clams and escarole
- Spiced hake tacos
- Spicy melon salad
- Spicy prawn stir fry
- Spicy salmon with a maple-soy glaze
- Spicy tuna bowl
- Spring rolls with wild prawns
- Steamed Hake and Vegetables
- Steamed hake with sea lavender and gnudi
- Steamed Halibut Fillet with Chinese Rice Wine
- Steamed Halibut Fillet with Chinese Rice Wine
- Sweet curried lobster salad
- Tacos de merluza
- Tagine of wild cod, chickpeas and parsley
- Tandoori “fresh” tacos
- Tasty tacos with cabbage & pea tzatziki
- Thai Curry with Pollock and Coldwater Shrimps
- Thai Fish Curry
- Thai shrimp curry
- Three delicious oyster dishes
- Tom Aikens: Baked plaice with lemon peel and lemon risotto
- Tom Brown: Mediterranean Tuna and Cannelini Bean Salad
- Tom Yum Kung with wild prawns and thai basil
- Tomato curry salmon with okra and eggplant
- Tomato curry salmon with okra and eggplant
- Tomato ricotta tart with roasted cod
- Tonnikala Tuna Donburi with Baltic Herring Tempura
- Traditional pickled hake
- Tropical shrimp ceviche
- Tuna Gimbap Sandwich
- Tuna Lasagne
- Tuna melt
- Tuna melt with ketchup
- Tuna Niçoise Grazing Platter
- Tuna noodle caboodle
- Tuna pizza
- Tuna Stack
- Tuna Steaks with Kale Chimichurri
- Tuna sushi bowl
- Tuna Tonnato Salad
- Tuna with Chipotle, Avocado, and Hazelnuts
- Tuna, Broccoli & Ricotta Stuffed Pasta Shells
- Ventresca Nicoise with Asparagus & Anchovy Mayonnaise
- Warm salad of scallops, roasted squash, radishes and pomegranate
- White Clam Lasagna
- Whitefish and Colourful Zoodles
- Whitefish and potato pot pie
- Whitefish with winter vegetables
- Whitefish with winter vegetables
- Whole ocean clams with seaweed salad
- Wild Alaskan cod with fresh herbs and tomatoes
- Wild pan fried salmon with pumpkin purée
- Wild prawn larb
- Wild prawn salad with citrus and avocado emulsion
- Wild scallops soy ginger Vermicelli noodle salad cups
- Wild sole, white wine and caper brown butter sauce, arugula
- Wild South Australian pipis with saffron butter
- Wild tiger prawn salad
- Wild Tuna and Watermelon Salad with Olive, Feta, and Mint
- Wild tuna fish cakes
- Yellow curry mussels
- Zander’s Codfish San Lou Hor Fun
- Zesty tinned fish
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