Tuesday
Jun102008
Seafood special: part 2
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 12:39PM 
One bag of frozen squid is a little much for one person, so as I was on my own this weekend (the other half was living the high life in London for the weekend) I decided to do two different squid dishes, one for Saturday night and one for Sunday night. I had seen a Nigel Slater recipe for squid on TV a few days ago which got me salivating and I thought I'd give it a try. I did my usual trick of just going from memory and not bothering to look up the recipe so I ended up doing it quite differently.
I made up a similar marinade by pounding up zest of one lemon, 2 tsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp thyme leaves, half a small garlic clove, 2 tbsp olive oil, tsp salt and lots of freshly ground pepper in a pestle and mortar. I then cut open about 6 baby squid and scored it as the recipe suggested, dried it thoroughly and fried in olive oil in a very hot pan. It cooked for only a few minutes until slightly golden and then the hot squid was tossed in the marinade. I then put the squid into a bowl with some salad leaves and tomato and tossed them together to coat the leaves and heaped in onto a plate. The other recipe looks good too... maybe I should try it sometime.
tagged food, garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, pepper, recipe, salad, salt, squid, thyme, tomatoes in Healthy, Vegetables, fish
food, garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, pepper, recipe, salad, salt, squid, thyme, tomatoes in Healthy, Vegetables, fish
Reader Comments (1)
I would very much like to send you some Manx Queen Scallops. Probably in my view the best scallops you can get from around the waters of Isle of Man and Irish Sea.
Why not even enter our Queenie Recipe competition? Check out www.queeniefestival.com for more info.
Nice looking blog by the way!