New Zealand Seafood Recipes
CRISPY SEAFOOD SURPRISES
Ingredients
200g7 oz skinless, boneless fish, diced into 1cm cubes
100g3½ oz mussel meats, finely chopped
2 Tbsp butter
3 spring onions or 1 small onion, finely chopped
3 Tbsp flour
½ cup milk
½ tsp dried basil
Salt to taste
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp lemon juice
Freshly grated nutmeg
Freshly ground black pepper
200g7 oz packet phyllo pastry
½ cup melted butter
Method
Melt butter in a saucepan, saute spring onion or onion until soft, approximately 2-3 minutes.
Add flour & cook 1-2 minutes until frothy.
Gradually stir in milk & heat until boiling, then add basil & fish.
Simmer 3-4 minutes until sauce is smooth & thickened. Season to taste with salt.
Stir in mussel meats, egg, lemon juice, nutmeg & pepper to taste. Allow to cool.
Cut sheets of pastry into widthwise strips 4cm wide. Brush 1 strip with melted butter. Place a teaspoonful of filling on bottom left hand corner of strip. Fold bottom right hand corner over filling to form a triangle. Then fold triangle up, then to the right & continue folding, keeping triangle shape with each fold.
Place triangle, seam side down, on a greased tray. Repeat with remaining strips & filling.
Brush completed triangles with melted butter & bake at 200°C392F until golden brown, approximately 10-15 minutes.
Serve warm.
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- Bake
- BBQ
- Fry
- Curry
- Marinate
- Microwave
- Soup/chowder
- Smoke
- Steam
- Sushi / raw
Gurnard, Red
- White
- Firm
- Holds shape when cooked
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- BBQ
- Casserole
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- Poach
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- Sushi / raw
Tarakihi
- White
- Medium
- Moist
- Thick flakes
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- BBQ
- Curry
- Fry
- Poach
- Marinate
- Microwave
- Soup/chowder
- Sushi / raw
