PastaPrawn Alfredo
The American cream version rather than the Roman original, and none the worse for it. The prawns come out of the pan before the sauce goes in.
30 minServes 4Easy
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MainsMaryland Crab Cakes
Barely enough binder to hold them together, and an hour in the fridge doing the rest. A crab cake you can taste the breadcrumbs in has already failed.
45 minServes 4Medium
SnacksSmoked Mackerel Pâté
Ten minutes, no cooking, and the only real decision is how much of it to blitz. Half smooth and half flaked is the texture worth aiming for.
15 minServes 6Easy
SaladsTuna Salad
Tuna in oil, drained but not wrung out, and everything else cut small enough to disappear into it. The crunch matters as much as the fish does.
15 minServes 4Easy
MainsSalmon and Avocado Maki Rolls
The rice is the dish. Season it while it is hot, cool it to body temperature, and never refrigerate it — cold rice goes hard and the rolls fall apart.
1 hr 15 minServes 4Hard
SoupsMussel and Saffron Soup
The mussels make their own stock in four minutes flat. Strain that liquor carefully, build the soup on it, and you get depth that no fish stock in a carton comes close to.
40 minServes 4Medium
MainsGrilled Shark Steak with Chilli and Lime
A dense, meaty steak that grills more like beef than fish. Soak it in milk first — that one step is what removes the ammonia note shark is notorious for.
45 minServes 4Medium
SnacksSalt and Pepper Squid
Cornflour rather than batter, so the coating stays light and shatters. Squid cooks in ninety seconds — past that it turns to rubber and never comes back.
30 minServes 4Medium
SnacksFried Sardines with Lemon
Whole sardines in seasoned flour, shallow-fried hard and hit with lemon. Cheap, sustainable, and better than most things three times the price.
25 minServes 4Easy
MainsCrispy-Skin Pan-Fried Salmon
Skin-side down for ninety per cent of the cooking time, weighted flat so it never curls. You barely touch it, and the skin shatters like a crisp.
20 minServes 2Easy
MainsSeared Tuna Steak with Sesame
Ninety seconds a side on a pan hot enough to frighten you. The centre stays ruby red, and that is not undercooked — it is the entire point.
20 minServes 2Medium