Suggestions For Cooking Fish, Please.

[Tilly2]

I have a staple dish of pan fried salmon, flaked and stirred into a mixture penne, pesto and pine nuts.

I have bought cod and smoked haddock for a change. Is pan frying the tastiest way to cook these or should I roast the fish in the oven?

Or........should I cook the fish a different way?

Any suggestions, please?

[Tilly2]

Bought Danny. Sacla pesto. Pine nuts are so expensive. Will be toasting a handful later but you need lots for homemade pesto.

[Togo]

I do smoked haddock, cod, salmon, all in the oven under foil. Knob of butter splash of white wine(not sweet) and a little parsley or dill. You need to check after 10 mins on gas 5 Tilly. Sharp knife to feel texture, baste with juices and put back in minus foil. A lot depends on the thickness of the fish.(I am not talking of how clever it was)

[dannyk13]

Sacla is very authentic but I prefer to make my own which I sometimes vary and use coriander instead of basil with a de-seeded green chilli blended in.

[whiskeryron]

Go to your local Morrisons restaurant & get a mini fish & chips & peas & tea/coffee lunch for £4.90, I'm not sure you could buy the ingredients that cheap & cook at home.

[Togo]

You need to try Halibut in the oven with onions passata and cheese.

[Buenchico]

^^^ Wait until teatime, Ron, and you can get the full-sized fish & chips meal, including any hot drink, for a fiver (or two for £9).

[Tilly2]

I am not getting dressed up to go to Morrisons for tea. It's too cold.

(and the last time I ate in Morrisons, a breakfast, it was undercooked and slimy)

[Tilly2]

Togo, I love Halibut. I might try that.

[Togo]

Skin side up Tilly and crisp it under the grill or kitchen torch.

[Tilly2]

It'll have to be the grill, Togo. I only have an Ever Ready torch for the outdoors. I don't have one for the kitchen. We have electricity here.

[whiskeryron]

Nice one Chris.( Buenchico)

[Togo]

Little hand held butane torch Till. Handy for all sorts. Crème Brulee?

[Togo]

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Here you go.

[Togo]

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[Tilly2]

All done and dusted. A bit too salty for my liking but I ate it all. The pesto was overcome by the saltiness of the smoked haddock. Back to salmon next time.
Tomorrow's chicken stir fry will be better.

[Psybbo]

Saw Mary Berry do a lovely risotto this am with salmon and pesto you would love it. I wish I could eat fish but no

[Tilly2]

Have you got a link, Sibs? ☺

[Psybbo]

Thank you Tilly. No but I will do a search tomorrow evening after visiting mother xx
Ps have taken your advice xx

[jourdain2]

Without reading all the earlier answers (so I'm sorry if I repeat) I very much like cooking salmon in foil, with whatever seasonings/salsa takes my fancy at the time.

[-SharonA-]

I made a macaroni cheese once using smoked haddock. It was delish.