simple recipes for fish

anybody got any?

i expect i will mostly be catching bass, codling, dogfish, flounder, plaice, sole and whiting with the possibility of a ray or two, unless i can find an outlet for the eels i'll just chuck 'em back

been a while since i fished lots but moving to the coast it would be rude not to catch fresh dinner as often as possible

simple recipes mainly, will have to google the batter for fish and chips, maybe a local chippy will swap me some for fish

just coat it with butter and mixed herbs,
wrap in bacofoil,
and bung in the oven.
not sure about gas mark,
or cooking time.

cheers eric, if i catch too many i'll pop them in the post to you

Most fish is best just grilled and served with new potatos and very cold white wine.

living on the coast and being able to catch fresh codling amongst other fish, it would be rude not to have the slippery little cunts served warm in tasty batter with chips, salt and vinegar within an hour of pulling the bastards out the sea

I made a fish pie yesterday that if I could have enjoyed it more, I'd have had a fishy cock at the end of it and I'm not ruling it out, there's still a bit left and I'm getting a bit aroused just typing this.  Sorry, where was I?

Oh yes.  I was going to point out that for all the fucking chefs in the world who piss you off no end, you can take Raymond Blanc out of the line.  When making a fish pie, he said "don't cook the fish"**.  Absolute fucking genius in its simplicity.  Sort your spuds out, let them go cool/cold, sort your sauce out, even let that cool, but don't cook the fish - it'll dry out and you'll end up with shitty flakes, just bake it as you were going to, that will cook it enough.  So I didn't, what I did was add it to the cream/milk/flour/parsley sauce when I took it off the heat and put it straight in the dish.  You could see that the salmon was cooking in the residual heat and it came out forty minutes later with big chunky bits of fish, whole roasted shallots (which I had prepared earlier), mushrooms and I put some hard boiled eggs in as well.  Will add some broccoli next time, I reckon.

Blanc.  I could show him a bit of Blanc, the randy French fucker...

**I do exactly the same thing with squid in paella. Simply hadn't occurred to me or any other fucking chef out there.