Fishwife Recipes — fish recipes

I’m back with a new recipe! I must apologize for the wait but I just recently changed my title from “wife” to “mother”.  Introducing our little girl, Lily, who seems to be enjoying partaking in creating our newest recipe with mom for The Fish Wife blog. There seems to be a new trend on the block… the Poke Bowl.  Poke (pronounced poh-keh), is an appetizer in Hawaiian cuisine which consists of a raw fish salad.  It can also be served as a main meal over steamed rice.  The word “Poke” in Hawaiian terms means “to slice or cut” which explains this dish perfectly as it...

  Technically this recipe should have been my very first post on The Fish Wife. It makes sense that it would be seeing as Tuna, especially Yellowfin Tuna, is pretty much the speciality of our family business, Greenfish. In my opinion there really isn’t anyone who lives, breathes and dreams about Tuna more than my hubby! The passion and knowledge from all of his years of experience dealing with this species of marine life means he knows exactly how to source the best of the best, and I am so privileged to be able to sample Cape Towns finest Tuna...

There’s nothing nicer than a piece of crispy skin coating your flaky fish fillets and achieving this is a lot simpler than one thinks! The trick is to follow a few simple rules: 1. Make sure your fillets are incredibly dry. 2. Make sure you season the fillets with fine table salt 5 minutes before frying to assist in removing any excess moisture from the fillets.  3. Make sure you use clarified butter to pan fry the fillets.  4. Make sure you use a plate or some form of a weight to keep the fillets flat in the pan to prevent...

For this recipe Greenfish supplied us with some super tasty Silver Fish. You can prepare it as in our Crispy Skinned Fish Recipe before tackling the sauce I am about to cover here. I was fortunate enough to have Chef James pass on some inspiration for this delicious sauce! I used his guidance in combination with our crispy skin fish fillets to come up with this recipe. Utilising fresh ginger, lemongrass and thyme in a reduced white wine sauce with some finishing touches of cream, it is simply to die for! This sauce is very versatile and can be used...

With the weather warming up for summer, braai season is in the air!  And what better way to celebrate a perfect summer evening than a lekker fish braai. This recipe is seriously simple and quick to put together. Make sure to read our simple method to removing Yellowtail pin bones before you attempt this recipe.   Yellowtail on the Braai Cook Time 20 min Ingredients 1 pack of Greenfish Yellowtail Fillets 2 tsp of Crushed Garlic 2 Red Onions 1 Lemon A few knobs of Butter Coriander Salt & Pepper Instructions Place your pin boned fillet of fish on a...