The Kitchen Playground

I found a bunch of these bromeliads behind my garage. I moved this one out front, just near my front door last year. It seems happy there.
Pan fried snapper was on the menu at Chez KP tonight. I love fish. I could eat a lot more fish than we actually do…and we generally eat it [...]

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One of my favourite types of meal, particularly during the week, is the one pot meal. Minimal mess, minimal preparation, all good ideals.
I picked up 4 lovely flathead fillets for the crazy low, low price of $4.20. Flathead is one of my favourite fish. A real flavour of my childhood. My maternal grandfather (Pappy) and [...]

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This little number was born of a medley of things I had been wanting to try, a change in weather and a great deal at the fishmongers. The salt baked fish idea came to me via Stone Soup and the marinara concept from a prawn ceviche recipe in the 2007 Annual Gourmet Traveller Cookbook.

Salt [...]

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OK, maybe not the exact, precise, traditional beurre blanc but it’s the way I threw it together and served it over lovely firm white fish fillets with a green salad. Lovely hot night dinner.
Thermomix Beurre Blanc Style Sauce Over Fish
4 firm white fish fillets.
40g butter
2 cloves garlic
2 shallots
1/3 cup fish stock
1/2 cup wine (I used [...]

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Not that it’s summer yet but with the weather we’re having it may as well be! Sorry there’s no pictures but I forgot to charge the camera. Which is a pity, it was a pretty meal
Coriander Pesto Crusted Swordfish with Shredded Tzatziki Salad
2 pieces of swordfish (serves 4, it’s a big meaty ocean fish)
2 bunches [...]

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I got a good deal on some trout fillets and lovely fresh calamari rings. Not quite enough of either to fed us all so I thought I would combine them. I skinned the trout and removed the little bones (name of which escapes me right now) which left me with skinny little strips of fish. [...]

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