Posts tagged seafood
The well dressed shrimps – Shrimps wrapped in soba with pomegranate chili dipping sauce
2713 years ago
Les crevettes bien habillées – Crevettes enroulées de nouilles soba et sauce pimentée à la grenade
Well here I am again with shrimps…when we cook we all find our inspiration from different sources, it can be our moms, grandmothers, books, chefs, travels, anything. For this particular recipe, I [...]
A table with a view – Grilled baby cuttlefish with crushed herb potato and tapenade salad – Garlic vinaigrette
3313 years ago
Une table avec vue – Salade de seiches grillées avec pommes de terres à la tapenade et vinaigrette à l’ail
This one will be among my favorite seafood salads…When you are in love with so many dishes, it’s hard to just pick one, so I have a list of dishes, and this one is a part of the “killer [...]
For French mother’s day – Sauté shrimps with cardamom and blackberry coulis
3313 years ago
Pour la fête des mères – Crevettes sautées à la cardamome et au coulis de mûres
I have felt the whole day as if today was Sunday…what a “tête en l’air” (head in the air) that would translate into air-headed, I do not have that particular reputation but today it really felt like a Sunday to me, the [...]
As chic as a Chanel dress – Sea scallop on green apple with vanilla oil
3014 years ago
Aussi chic qu’une robe Chanel – St jacques à la pomme verte et huile de vanille
I have been obsessing about this green apple/scallop combination for weeks, and could not come up with something that I would be excited about. Raw apple? cooked apple? diced? sliced? not sure how I wanted to make it [...]
Eat your broccoli! – Almond shrimps with broccoli purée
1514 years ago
Mange tes brocolis! – Crevettes aux amandes et purée de brocoli
Nothing too fancy in this post, but rather a very simple combination of shrimps and broccoli. Very few ingredients that work well together.
Vegetable purée is a great way to have the kids who are reluctant to eat vegetable actually [...]
Ocean terrine – Scallops and shrimp terrine with herbs and asparagus ribbons in vinaigrette
1214 years ago
Terrine de la mer parfumée – Terrine de St Jacques et crevettes aux herbes – rubans d’asperges en vinaigrette
I am fascinated by the world of terrines, like most French, we love terrines, and what is more French than a terrine? really maybe baguette? they can be refined and elegant, beautiful, [...]
Seafood obsession part III – Spicy mussels and clams with leeks, beer, chili and herbs
414 years ago
A la pêche aux moules….- Moules et praires aux poireaux, bière, piment et herbes
A la pêche aux moules, moules, moules, je ne veux plus y aller maman, les gens de la ville, ville, ville, m’ont pris mon panier… despite mon panier, I still want to go mussel fishing!
I am afraid I cannot stop [...]
To share with a girlfriend – Traditional Italian seafood stew from Fano
914 years ago
by silvia
in Fish/Seafood
Per una cena tra amiche – Brodetto alla Fanese
When two friends reunite around a huge pot of brodetto, it’s always a memorable evening…especially when both of them are craving fish and seafood.
I grew up eating brodetto, my mom’s favorite. The city of Fano in Italy and that particular region, [...]
One spoon for me and two for you – Scallops with mango and blood orange vinaigrette
1714 years ago
Une cuillère pour moi, et deux pour toi – Cuillères de St Jacques à la vinaigrette de mangue et orange sanguine
I bought so many different kinds of those cuillères (spoons) while in France, which was not really a necessity since they are also available in the US, but my mom shoved them in my [...]
Delicious little tentacles – Tagine of octopus with mangoes
2014 years ago
by silvia
in Fish/Seafood
Délicieuses petites tentacules – Tagine de poulpe aux mangues
From what I’ve seen and heard, I have found very few people crazy about octopus…unlike me, I love it, like every thing else that lives in an ocean. The thing with octopus is that it needs to be well cooked, and prepared the right way or [...]