Sunday, June 09, 2019

Fish Braai

Some notes on the fish BBQ.
It's probably the 1st time I actually cooked for someone else, which says a lot, but does not excuse 3 mistakes.
1. I forgot to add garlic to the bruschetta mix - I added a tad too much onion, but they were better than last time due to better toasting skills
2. I should double-foil the parcels on the braai, they all tore slightly, but with  no consequence, still more foil does help.
3. Put in a tad more coal to boost heat, it took over an hour to complete 2 re-loads of the grid.

This is the bruschetta recipe https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/bruschetta_with_tomato_and_basil/

This is the Hake braai recipe, it was a large fish, https://www.lovefood.com/recipes/60526/andrew-nutters-bbq-fillet-of-hake

I made a modified version of the recipe for quick following

Hake BBQ

·  200 g beetroot, peeled and cut into quarters
·  1 tsp chopped fresh thyme
·  4 tbsp olive oil
·  8 shallots - peeled and cut in half lengthways
·  2 tbsp runny honey
·  4 x 200g Fillets of hake, skin on and boned
·  1 juice and zest lemon
·  1 clove garlic, chopped finely
10 new potatoes, boiled and cooled
Dressing parcel 1
200g Beetroot, 1tsp thyme, 2 tbsp olive oil
30 minutes roast
Dressing parcel 2
8 Shallots cut lengthways, 1 tsbsp olive oil, 2tbsp honey, crush 1 clove garlic
30 minutes roast
Fish
1 tbsp olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice
Grill potatoes for 5 minutes.
Serve
Serve the parcels with fish on top, and with potatoes arranged around it all.

/rant
Pictured above is a incorrectly assembled Texas 47cm BBQ, as made in China - they missed out the grid between the 3 legs, so I had to find 2 bolts to put the wheels on, which is just an incredulously huge Homebase QA failure if you ask me.



1 comment:

Conrad Braam said...

Turns out the BBQ base plate was in the box, but being flat, and in a "secret bottom" of the box, it was only discovered once I started to tidy. B&Q are still not in my good books, but it's been a great unit. And this recipe is about to see use once again shortly.