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Ingredients & Recipes: Seafood

 

Asian-Influenced Scallop Amuse-Bouche



The Maine scallop season closes this week so I made sure I got a share of the last catch from the Port Clyde Fresh Catch rep at the Portland Farmers' ...

 

 

Baby Calamari Stuffed with Shrimp and Pancetta



I get these baby squid, imported from Vietnam, in 2-1/2 pound frozen blocks at the Asian market. They are very tender, so I've found a lot of pleasant...

 

 

Baked Stuffed Striped Bass with Spring Herbs



My usual routine would be to steam this fish in the Asian style, with broth of fermented black beans, Chinese black vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and gin...

 

 

Boat-fresh Haddock and Maine Shrimp Stew



Boat-fresh haddock and the cold water shrimp known locally as Maine shrimp are among the best of the winter bounty from the fishery, so I keep coming ...

 

 

Calamari with Thai Basil, Onions and Ginger



This dish is very simple to prepare. The calamari is briefly blanched, then quickly stirfried with the onions and ginger, and finally mixed with the o...

 

 

California Roll Salad: Maine Shrimp, Avocado, Rice and Cucumber



Here it is: the California Roll Salad, featuring rice, fresh shrimp, mayonnaise, avocado, cucumber, wasabi and soy sauce -- the exact ingredients that...

 

 

Cilantro Shrimp Tempura-Style



Here's another dish to consider as you plan your Christmas Eve Feast of the Seven Fishes, or any time you want a tasty bite to start a meal: lightly b...

 

 

Cod Roasted with Pancetta, Leeks, Mushrooms and Tomatoes



With whitefish fillets I like to keep things simple, since the flavor is so easily hidden or overwhelmed by sauces or additions, so these beauties wer...

 

 

Fish Chowder with Fennel and Corn



I was in Harbor Fish Market at the sliced fish case, discussing the $20/lb "sushi-grade" tuna with one of the staff when I spotted a tub of "chowder m...

 

 

Fish and Lobster Pie



This is my version of Fish and Lobster Pie. It differs from most recipes for seafood pie, which are usually a mixture of fish and cheese baked in a pi...

 

 

Flounder and Maine Shrimp Brunch Tartlets



With the holiday entertaining season heating up in earnest now, brunch recipes will come to the fore. This recipe was developed as my contribution to ...

 

 

Flounder and Maine Shrimp Roulades in Polenta Cups



There was a snowstorm a couple of days ago and when I stopped at my local fish market they apologized for the sparse selection in their display case. ...

 

 

Ginger Teriyaki Swordfish



This is a quick, easy variation on the traditional Japanese teriyaki-style preparation. The standard teriyaki sauce (the name refers to the luster the...

 

 

Haddock Fillets with Cranberry-Ginger Butter Sauce



This dish is a child of the holiday season. I don't usually have dried cranberries and crystallized ginger slices in the pantry, but last week I did s...

 

 

Haddock Fillets with Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Onions and Pancetta



One of the best wild-caught products of the New England fishery is the simple haddock. Usually breaded and fried, and almost always used for fish and ...

 

 

Haddock Poached in Wine with Maine Shrimp Sauce



Another of the great wild-caught seafood harvests in Maine is the beautiful little shrimp that appears in our markets in the winter. Fresh, delicate a...

 

 

Jambalaya Calzone



Kevin over at Seriously Good made a calzone a few weeks back which got me thinking about these little cousins of the sandwich, the pizza and the Corni...

 

 

Lobster / Shrimp Broth



This lobster/shrimp broth is an important ingredient in my kitchen and I almost always have several containers of it on hand in the freezer. It provid...

 

 

Maine Shrimp Boil



This is the simplest and probably the most popular way to cook and eat Maine shrimp: boil them in salted and herb-perfumed water and just set them out...

 

 

Maine Shrimp Pizza with Avocado and Tomatoes



Maine shrimp are back again, so when I got a request from Elise for pizza last night I knew what I was going to do. Maine shrimp are really special, a...

 

 

Maine Shrimp Risotto with Pancetta, Roasted Leeks and Garlic



This risotto is fairly typical of the way dishes develop in my kitchen. I had the idea to make a risotto with roasted leeks and garlic a few days ago,...

 

 

Maine Shrimp Spring Rolls



We're always looking for a new way to use our beloved Maine shrimp. Thankfully, the season this year goes until May 29 so I've got plenty of time to c...

 

 

Maine Shrimp with Lemon-Ginger Sauce



It's last call for Maine shrimp for this year so I grabbed one more bag of these beauties. The season legally extends until the end of May but Mother ...

 

 

Pan-Seared Halibut with Corn-Coriander Salsa



For the July version of the Paper Chef competition, Kevin of Seriously Good decreed the ingredients to be corn, ground coriander and pine nuts, all co...

 

 

Poached Cod in Lemon Fume Broth



I've been going through an obsession with poached fish lately. This was one of the first "serious" cooking techniques I learned, when I was young and ...

 

 

Poached Haddock Fillet with Apple and Tomato



Where I come from (Maine), fillets of delicate white fish like cod, hake, haddock or flounder are often the freshest of the local catch, so when I'm b...

 

 

Poached Sockeye Salmon



I've come to prefer the wild-caught salmon from the Pacific northwest to the pale, overly fatty and bland farm-raised East-coast product. Not only is ...

 

 

Salad of Black Radishes and Shrimp



This simple summer salad – a slice of tomato, a ring of radish slices and a tumble of shrimp – is a great combination for the mouth. The insistent no...

 

 

Scallop Amuse Bouche with Star Anise, Leeks and Persimmon



The combination of flavors in this little bite -- orange, anise, the faint sharpness of Parmigiano Reggiano, the scallop itself and the persimmon puré...

 

 

Scallop and Pancetta Pizza



People sometimes ask me how I keep coming up with different pizza combinations, and the answer is simple: what I have on hand + what the food mood is ...

 

 

Scialatelli with Tomato Cream Sauce and Shrimp



Cream, Elizabeth David reported to us (Italian Food), "is rarely used in Italy for the cooking of meat, fish or sauces as it is in France." This detai...

 

 

Seafood Stew Recipe with Lobster, Scallops and Clams



When you think of Maine you think of lobster. Shore dinners, lobster bakes, clambakes (which actually center on the lobster), lobster docks and lobste...

 

 

Seared Diver Scallops with Red Papaya, Honey Lime Sauce and Red Onion Salsa



My contribution to the “eat local” movement is (surprise!) to buy more of the huge sweet scallops the divers bring in to the docks across the street...

 

 

Seared Halibut with Ginger, Lemon and Garam Masala



This morning's visit to Harbor Fish found glistening sides of boat-fresh wild-caught Atlantic halibut, so without thinking much about how I would prep...

 

 

Seared Maine Diver Scallops in Broth



Winter seafood is great in Maine! The wonderful little Maine shrimp start hitting the docks just before Christmas and diver scallop season is open fro...

 

 

Seared Scallops with Wine-Braised Leeks



The other day I stopped by Free Range Fish for some of the spectacular scallops they get directly from the dive boat every day. About 10 - 12 to a pou...

 

 

Seared Sea Scallops with Roasted Pears and Honey Butter



In my dreams I could invent dishes this good! This spectacular treatment of diver scallops is an adaptation of a recipe given to me by Lisa Martel of...

 

 

Seared Striped Bass Steaks



I picked up a 1-3/4 pound (before cleaning) striped bass at Harbor Fish the other day (farm-raised since it's not legal in Maine to sell wild-caught ...

 

 

Seared Swordfish Steaks with Veggies and Broth



Since we're living for a year in an apartment with no grill, indoor or out, I've been working on ways to cook fish that I would usually have grilled. ...

 

 

Seared Tuna with Avocado and Fennel-Onion-Caper Salsa



When the local fishermen are bringing tuna to the docks I can't resist this preparation. The tuna is given a quick sear in a hot pan, leaving the cent...

 

 

Shad Roe with Lemon Butter and Capers



Around our house it's not a groundhog's shadow that heralds spring, but rather the appearance of a tattered little handmade sign in the window of our ...

 

 

Shrimp and Creamy Grits



If you have lived or have roots in the Southeastern coastal U. S., shrimp and grits is an old friend. Once a breakfast staple, this dish has pushed it...

 

 

Skate Wing with Black Butter, Garlic and Arugula



The skate is a ray-like fish, prehistoric and weird, and the meat of the skate's wing is a wonderfully mild-flavored white flesh, a little like lobste...

 

 

Smoked Fish Risotto



I was afraid that the saltiness and the agressiveness of the smoked-fish flavor would be too much for a risotto, since the process can concentrate fla...

 

 

Smoked Salmon Absorption Pasta



A pound of smoked salmon is nice to have in the kitchen, especially when the cost and cut of it encourage you to go beyond the beautiful delicately-fo...

 

 

Smoked Salmon Terrine



This smoked salmon dish is a quick and easy crowd-pleaser...As regular readers know, I'm lucky to live down the road from the Ducktrap River smokehous...

 

 

Spaghetti Squash and Shrimp with Lemongrass-Peanut Sauce



Spaghetti squash is a little miracle of a food: low in calories, low in carbs, high on the food satisfaction index, easy to prepare and adaptable to a...

 

 

Summerhouse Scallops with Roasted Pears in Wine-Butter Sauce



Summerhouse cooking is a vexing little subset of real cooking that is characterized by dull knives, unfamiliar and hard-to-control stoves, strange wat...

 

 

Thai-Style Shrimp Pasta with Tomato-Lime-Peanut Sauce



I've been inspired by the food we've been eating lately at Green Elephant, the self-described "Asian-influenced vegetarian bistro" around the corner i...

 

 

Tuna Crusted with Wasabi Peas



Wasabi is prepared from the root of a plant in the mustard family, and if you've been to the sushi bars around the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo (mecca...