fish and seafood

Fish & Seafood

Salt Grilled Salmon Collar

Psst. The collar is secretly the best part of the salmon. It's succulent, spoon-tender, and has all the flavorful fats of salmon belly, making it the most underrated cut of fish out there. This simple, Japanese-inspired salt-grilled (shioyaki) recipe lets the collar meat speak for itself, with just a touch of aroma and acidity from the mirin and lemon juice to help it shine. The raw, grated daikon may seem like a random addition, but its fresh bitterness cuts through the fattiness of the salmon in the most pleasurable way.

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Kimchi Shrimp and Soba Noodles Salad

We've been taught to use our pickle brine to marinade meat, so kimchi counts, too. Here, it works its magic on shrimp, puncturing it with flavor and then serving as the dressing for a noodle salad.

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Porky Gingery Shrimp Toasts

Porky Gingery Shrimp Toasts feature a creamy shrimp and ground pork paste infused with ginger, scallions, anchovy, and fish sauce, sandwiched between thin baguette slices, butter‑fried to golden crispness and finished with sesame seeds and lemon.

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Spaghetti al Cartoccio Seafood Spaghetti Baked in Paper

This is quite an ingenious dish: You can prepare these little paper packages earlier in the day and simply bake them right before serving. If you can't find the exact shellfish typical of the Mediterranean, don't worry. Ask your trusted fishmonger for some advice on what is good and in season and substitute as you please. Linguine and short pasta shapes also work well in place of spaghetti.

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Spicy Grilled Calamari

When my sister moved away, she left me with a bunch of groceries she didn't want to throw away, including a package of frozen baby squid—which I promptly shoved in the freezer and ignored for a few months while I tried to work up the nerve to cook squid for the first time. When I finally bit the bullet, I decided I didn't want to go the lemon/oregano/garlic/balsamic that's ubiquitous in Mediterranean restaurants, and used a smoked paprika, lemon and cumin marinade inspired by North African spices.

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Crab and prawn ravioli with seafood bisque

Soft pasta filled with zesty seafood and served in a full-flavoured seafood bisque.

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Skillet Lemon-Pepper Salmon

Simple ingredients like lemon, cracked black pepper and paprika completely awaken this fall-apart-tender salmon with a crispy exterior. Use this salmon to add protein to a grain bowl or salad, or enjoy alongside roasted veggies.

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Sheet-Pan Shrimp, Pineapple & Peppers with Rice

This incredibly easy seafood dinner uses fresh pineapple and a teriyaki-style sauce a sweet-and-tangy flavor profile. The pineapple also concentrates as it bakes and helps keep the rice mixture from becoming too dry. Rather than spreading the rice to the far edges of the sheet pan, keep it closer to the center and layer the vegetables and shrimp on top. This way their juices seep right into the rice, and the teriyaki drizzle coats every bite.

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Easy Baked Fish Fillets

Looking for a simple fish dinner? Skip the frozen fillets and try this easy recipe for baked, fresh fish fillets. With little prep involved, this is a great last-minute, easy dinner for the family. Any firm white fish works well. The breading is not too overwhelming, but adds a delicious crunch. Serve it with leafy greens or thinly sliced oven-baked potatoes.

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Italian Mussels & Pasta

This combination of mussels with plenty of garlic, parsley, saffron and white wine was inspired by the Venetian soup zuppa di pesce, which is usually ladled over sliced crusty bread. Here we serve it over pasta. For a more elegant presentation, you can remove the mussels from their shells before serving...but then again, who wants to be elegant? Enjoy!