Fish and Seafood: From caviar to grouper, mussels, salmon and shrimp : From filleting to poaching and portioning - Hardcover

Jaros, Patrik; Beer, Gunter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3899850734 ISBN 13: 9783899850734

Publisher: Feierabend Verlag, 2004

Synopsis

Saltwater fish, freshwater fish, and shellfish — all the culinary delights of the sea are represented in this richly illustrated cookbook. The special component of this book is that the varying methods of preparing the foods are emphasized. The gilthead seabream, for example, is steamed, boiled, grilled, and baked in a salt crust. Other types of fish are the crowning touch in a stew, but can also be poached, steamed, or fried with delicious results. Various sophisticated methods of preparation are demonstrated. Detailed instructions are given for each individual step of the process, beginning with cleaning, scaling and fileting the fish through the preparation of lobser, crab, and squid. Recipes for fish broth and classics like lobster- or white-cream sauce round out this varied cookbook.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

"From caviar to grouper, mussels, salmon and shrimp; from filleting to poaching." These words on the title page are most of the explanation readers will get in this beautiful cookbook. But judging from the brief and garbled introduction, they should be grateful ("Large fish, small fish, crab, mussels, shellfish, algae, sea urchins, prawns—each desiring to be prepared freshly and flavoursome"). Primarily, it's the colorful full-bleed photographs and spreads that tell this cookbook's story, while the recipes are succinct and to the point. In fact, the photos sometimes offer more explanation than the recipes, as in Cod on a Bed of Beetroot with Warm Beans and Marinated Herbs (the photograph shows would-be cooks that they should use long, green beans, not round, brown ones). The beautiful images also offer blow-by-blow details for tasks like "Preparing a sea bream" (eight sequential photos accompany the directions). The recipes are organized by degree of difficulty in the table of contents (one star being the easiest, three the most complex) and are clearly marked throughout the book with stars and large numbers that give prep time. Measurements from around the world (in liters, fluid ounces or cups) make this an international book, which also means the fish and seafood included may not all be familiar to American readers (e.g., whelks, brill, Dublin Bay prawns, Saint Peterfish). The preparations are international too, drawing on the cuisines of Britain, France, Italy, Japan and elsewhere.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Feierabend Verlag
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 3899850734
• ISBN 13: 9783899850734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 188