Friday, January 29, 2010

SEAFOOD TONIGHT

Greetings Blogsters!
This afternoon I went to do some shopping and saw some lovely green prawns, I thought 'I haven't cooked fish for a while (I'm not a fish person but love shell fish) so tonight I think I'll cook some prawns',
then some saw some Basa Freshwater Fish fillets that looked so nice so I bought a couple of those too.
I'm not what you call a confident cook so I basically cook from my heart, adding what I feel might taste nice, not what the recipe say will.
Took shopping home and immediately started to clean the prawns (hard job but so worth it).
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I then placed them in a dish and added some freshly grounded LEMON ZEST and the juice of half lemon and the other half I used for decoration purposes.


Then in a separate bowl I added , a good splash of OLIVE OIL, about 2 tablespoons of (The Food Company) crushed onion, garlic and chilli. Then I chopped 3or4 small sprigs thyme and 3 or 4 small stems of Italian Parsley and added it to the mixture.
I poured it on the Prawns and (with freshly washed hands) I mixed it into the prawns.

I have to tell you, they smelt so nice at this stage I just about wanted to eat them raw, I knew I had created something special here! (I hope I don't sound too boastful!)

Then it was off to the HOT frying pan, to which I added a splash of vegetable oil and a BIG dollop of butter.

 Cooked the prawns for a couple min each side and Voi-la`!!!
This is the end result.


There was all this beautiful juice left over, 'what do I do with it? Hang on what about the fillets? I know I'll add a splash of white wine and in go the fillets.'

I must say I was so plesantly surprised with the end result that I reckon I could just about sell the recipe to a restaurant. lol

The family and I sure enjoyed eating them!!!

Sorry Min I tried to ring you but there was no answer.
Honest truth!!!

These are the Fish Fillets. As I said I don't like fish but I really enjoyed these because they didn't have a fishy taste.
Buon Appetito!!!

11 comments:

  1. Hi, thank you for visiting my blog. I came by to admire your beach pictures (how lovely the white sand is!) as well as the pebble with your initial on it! You are right, it IS strange! I have not ever seen a shark egg and was quite surprised that the 'screw-like' object could be produced by a shark, and contains little sharks!

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  2. Hi Lize
    thank you for coming to visit.
    I only knew it was a shark egg because I saw it at the Melbourne aquarium last year and asked, when they told me I was amazed.
    When you really look, the most amazing pieces of art are in nature itself. I think
    I have only started to truly see it in the past year or so.
    LL Natx

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  3. That looks delicious! You're just gonna have to make it again for me, you know, to see if the recipe is spot on ;)

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  4. Oh my, this looks delicious! Tino grows a few herbs, I know he has thyme and continental parsley, is that the same as Italian parsley? Vx

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  5. I will make it soon Min, promise!

    Yes Vanessa, it is the same, it is the flat leaf variety. I find this has a stronger flavour than the curly one which I use more for decoration purposes.
    Thank you for visiting my blog!

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  6. Hi thanks for visiting my blog.
    It was delicious (I surprised myself) that's why I posted the ingredients I used. I thought others might want to try it as they are so quick!
    LL Nat

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  7. Hello,I am not much of a fish eater either but those fillets looked DELICIOUS!!
    Warm Wishes,
    Cally x

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  8. Thank you for your visit Cally.
    LL Nat

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  9. Looks like a resturant meal

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