Raw Fish (Kokoda)

I like groper best for this but snapper is good, it would probably be ok to use any fish.

500g cubed groper
lemon juice
white vinegar
small tsp salt
can coconut cream
1 green pepperchopped
small onion chopped
1 tsp chilli sauce
1tsp sugar
2 tomatoes chopped

Marinate fish in lemon, salt, vinegar overnight.
Drain away marinade and briefly wash.
Put fish into other ingredients and chill before eating.

Fish Batter

1/2 cup flour / cornflower mix
3/4 cup water
3tbsp oil
1/4 tsp salt
pepper to taste
1 egg white beaten
flour for coating
oil for frying

Mix flour & water
Combine with oil salt pepper
Fold in beaten egg white

Coat fish in flour then dip in batter fry in plenty of oil 180 deg or fairly hot & fully brown on one side before tuning over.

When golden brown I often place them in the oven on something that will let the oil drain off but dont leave in there too long or overcooking will occur. Fish is best fried as a thin fillet or if groper or large fish I steak the fillet to approx 1/2 inch steaks.

Freezing tips : I find blue cod keeps the best in the freezer and terakihi soon gets stale, so eat the terakihi fresh

A good way to stop freezer burn is to dip the fillets in salty water after they have frozen giving them a layer of ice (if you can be bothered) but even better eat everything fresh then book us again next week !!

Crayfish Massala

First get on a diving course, learn the noble art of crayfish catching and catch a nice new zealand crayfish.
Cook it.
Get some massala sauce or make it up from a recipe.
Fry onions, garlic, ginger and green chillies (or improvise slightly) add massala sauce and crayfish meat ( cubed )
Serve with a side dish of cucumber sprinkled with salt and lime juice and some indian naan bread.

Spanish style fish

Tangy fish casserole

In olive oil fry up 1 large onion,garlic,garam massala and paprika, use usual judgement as to quantities
Boil up half a cup of rice and set aside.
Add a tin of tomatoes and mix in, when simmering add a cup of sweet corn and simmer for a couple of minutes
Add chopped fish like tarakihi, blue cod, groper, snapper. and simmer for 1 minute, add the rice and the juice of 2 lemons and a teaspoon of chopped coriander. simmer for 5 minutes.

Crayfish Mornay

Hopefully by now you can catch more than one crayfish and impress your freinds with this simple but awesome dish.
Put live crayfish into the freezer and take it out before it freezes, once it gets cold enough it will die peacefully, you can now cremate it if you wish but better to put it in a large saucepan of cold water.
Bring to the boil and once boiling well, allow to boil for 5 mins.
Remove it and drop into cold water to cool rapidly, this stops it from drying out, if it isnt quite cooked never mind it'll get it later.
Make up a cheese sauce and chop up the tail into thin steaks, mix it with the sauce and pour both into an oven dish.
Slice tasty cheese over the top and put in the oven for long enough to heat everything up, remove and sprinkle the top with paprika.
Put under the grill and brown off, can be served with a dash of lemon juice.

Toasted sea sandwich
Nice and simple, groper cheese and sweet chillie sauce in a toasted sandwich, any fish would do.

Baked fish
Simple again and lots of flavour, fish fillet in foil with pepper salt and sweet chillie sauce, it makes a softer fillet and the flavour is intact.