Cooking Your Catch

Great as a starter, fish coarse or snack, smoked fish and cheese mmmmm First thing is to take great care buying your fish, only buy real smoked fish like Arbroath Smokies or other Smoked fish. Nothing "smoked" by chemicals and bright yellow in colour trust me you will not regret it as the taste w

The trick with squid and octopus is to either ensure that it is super fresh, remove the skin, lightly score the meat and flash fry in an extremely hot pan or if its not fresh or its been frozen cook it like you would a casserole low and slow.

In a hot pan add olive oil and a knob of butter, sear a fillet of pollack on both sides for about 2 minutes each side. Baste the pollack with the butter and place pan in a hot oven for about 8 minutes (ensure pan can be placed in an oven before doing this). When its cooked serve on a plate, season w

Grill skin side up, when the skin is crispy turn over and season with salt, pepper, chilli flakes and smoked paprika. Sprinkle with light brown sugar and grill until caramelised. Take some plain white rice and mix in some Horseradish. Serve skin side up with the rice on the side, a squeeze of lemo