Baked Huss (en papillote) with Ginger & Fenugreek
This was a quick mid-week experiment that really worked.
Huss is widely sold as an alternative to Cod in Fish & Chip shops, it's also known as Dogfish or Rock Salmon. It comes from the North Atlantic, Pacific & Mediteranean Seas. It's a good, firm white fish. For some reason I'd never bought or cooked it before this week. After a mid-week bung-it-in-the oven meal for one, I'll now buy it again regularly. Not only was it very cheap, but there was a lot of fish. The piece I bought was £2 and could have fed 2 people, if I wasn't so greedy....
On the downside, there is a large spine that runs through the fish, but this comes out in one piece very easily once it's cooked.
I will play about with various marinades now I know how easy it is, but the recipe I made up was as follows..
1inch of fresh ginger, peeled, finely chopped & then crushed to a paste
1 fresh green chilli, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds, ground
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1 clove of garlic, crushed to a paste
Salt & pepper
I bashed this lot up in a pestle & mortar with a little oil to make a paste, then rubbed it over the fish.
I put the fish on a piece of baking parchment & rolled it up tightly in a large sausage shape. I then baked the parcel in a preheated oven at 180C for around 15mins.
The result was fantastic, lightly steamed fish with the flavour throughout. I had it with some plain rice, and some greens. It would be great with some good bread or naan and a fresh chilli pickle. Healthy, cheap, quick & spicy.
If you hear of any other good Huss ideas please let me know. Cheers.
Huss is widely sold as an alternative to Cod in Fish & Chip shops, it's also known as Dogfish or Rock Salmon. It comes from the North Atlantic, Pacific & Mediteranean Seas. It's a good, firm white fish. For some reason I'd never bought or cooked it before this week. After a mid-week bung-it-in-the oven meal for one, I'll now buy it again regularly. Not only was it very cheap, but there was a lot of fish. The piece I bought was £2 and could have fed 2 people, if I wasn't so greedy....
On the downside, there is a large spine that runs through the fish, but this comes out in one piece very easily once it's cooked.
I will play about with various marinades now I know how easy it is, but the recipe I made up was as follows..
1inch of fresh ginger, peeled, finely chopped & then crushed to a paste
1 fresh green chilli, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds, ground
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1 clove of garlic, crushed to a paste
Salt & pepper
I bashed this lot up in a pestle & mortar with a little oil to make a paste, then rubbed it over the fish.
I put the fish on a piece of baking parchment & rolled it up tightly in a large sausage shape. I then baked the parcel in a preheated oven at 180C for around 15mins.
The result was fantastic, lightly steamed fish with the flavour throughout. I had it with some plain rice, and some greens. It would be great with some good bread or naan and a fresh chilli pickle. Healthy, cheap, quick & spicy.
If you hear of any other good Huss ideas please let me know. Cheers.
Just tried this recipe. Really good! There don't seem to be many huss recipes out there. I normally cook huss with tomatoes and black olives. This made a nice change. Thanks for sharing!
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