Fishwife Recipes — seafood

  Easy Octopus Braai Ingredients 1 Greenfish Octopus Olive Oil Crushed Garlic 1 Lemon Salt & Pepper Fresh Parsley Instructions Place the octopus in a pot on the stove and cover with water. Bring to the boil and boil for 45 minutes. Remove the octopus from the pot and place into a dish, drizzle with olive oil, add some crushed garlic and a crack of salt & pepper. Allow to marinade and cool down for at least an hour. Once marinaded, cut the legs apart to make 8 easy strips to braai. Place back in the marinade until ready to...

I love how fresh and light these spring rolls are.  Filled with healthy ingredients, yet extremely moreish! I could eat them every day!   Vietnamese Spring Rolls Fresh, healthy and delicious! Ingredients Prawns Vermicelli Rice noodles Cucumber Carrot Red Pepper Coriander Rice Paper Wraps Hoison Sauce Peanut Butter Instructions Blanch the prawns in a pot of boiling water for approximately 3 minutes. Remove and set aside to cool. In a bowl, cover the rice noodles with boiling water and allow to soften for about 2 minutes before straining and setting aside. Julienne the carrot, cucumber and red pepper and set...

Simple flavours of garlic and butter. There’s nothing fancy here and that’s what I love about it!   Garlic Butter Prawns Ingredients 2kg Prawns 1 Tbsp Crushed Sea Salt 1 Tbsp Paprika 200g Butter 1 Tbsp Olive Oil 1 Tbsp Garlic (minced) Lemon wedges Instructions If the prawns are frozen, allow to defrost. Butterfly the prawns. To butterfly, I use a pair or small sharp scissors to cut the prawn along the spine from the base of the head until the top of the tail. Leave the tail and head on. De-vein the prawns. To de-vein the prawns, run your...

This is a favourite of mine to “jazz up” simple oysters. Impress your friends and family with this simple recipe. And if you really feel like being classy, enjoy them with a glass of bubbles – YUM!   Oysters Rockefeller Ingredients 1 dozen shucked oysters 1 pack of bacon (finely diced) 1 Tbsp butter 2 small shallots (finely diced) 1 tsp minced garlic 1 Tbsp white wine 1 Tbsp parmesan 1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs Black pepper Instructions With a knife loosen the muscle of the oyster in the shell so that they are easy to eat once cooked. Place the...

So simple, yet so delicious!   5 Minute Oysters Prep Time 5 min Ingredients 1 dozen shucked oysters Tabasco sauce crushed salt ground black pepper 1 lemon Instructions With a butter knife, loosen the muscle of the oyster from the shell for easy eating. Place oysters on a bed of crushed ice. Add a dash of Tabasco, salt, black pepper and a squeeze of lemon. Enjoy!