Sweet and Sour Fish

Fillet white fish

This is a recipe that we usually eat in Chinese restaurants. The sweet and sour sauce is delicious, but not for everyone, just for the ones who are familiar with exotic food. This recipe is also for the ones who are willing to try something new, so here we are:

Ingredients: 

-375 g firm white fish fillet – snapper,cod,haddock, trevally, tarakihi, orange roughly

-1 tablespoon oil

-1 onion, sliced

-1 green pepper, sliced

-225 g can pineapple chunks

-2 tablespoons corn flour

-1 teaspoon grated root ginger

-1 tablespoon brown sugar

-1 tablespoon soy sauce

-3 tablespoons vinegar

-1 chopped cucumber

-salt

-white pepper

I.Cut fish into serving-sized pieces. Arrange in an ovenproof dish. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper to taste.

II.Heat oil in saucepan. Add onion and green pepper. Cook until onion is clear. Remove from heat.

III. Drain pineapple, reserving juice.

IV. In a bowl mix corn flour, ginger, sugar, soy sauce, reserved pineapple juice and vinegar. Add the mixture to pan. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.

V. Pour sauce over fish. Cover and cook at 180° C for 25 minutes or until fish is cooked.

VI.Stir in pineapple chunks and cucumber.

  

Serve 4-5 persons.

Sweet and sour fish

Ingrediente:

-375 g file peste alb

-1 lingura ulei

-1 ceapa feliata

-1 ardei verde taiat marunt

-225 g cutie compot de ananas

-2 linguri faina de porumb

-1 lingura radacita ginger data pe razatoare

-1 lingura zahar

-1 lingura sos soia

-3 linguri otet

-1 castravete taiat marunt

-sare

-piper alb

I.Taiati pestele in bucati. Il puneti intr-un vas de yena –rezistent la caldura cuptorului. Presarati sare si piper dupa gust.

II. Incalziti uleiul intr-o tigaie, adaugati ceapa si ardeiul. Tineti pe foc pana se caleste ceapa, apoi luati tigaia de pe foc.

III.Scoateti ananasul din compot, pastrati compotul.

IV. Intr-un catron, amestecati faina de porumb, ginger, zaharul, sosul de soia, compotul de la ananas si otetul. Puneti totul intr-o tigaie, apoi fierbeti pana se ingroasa sosul.

V. puneti sos peste peste si bagati la cuptorul incins la 180°C. Se lasa aproximativ 25 minute sau atata timp cat e nevoie pentru ca pestele sa fie gata.

VI.Puneti si bucatile de ananas si castravete.

Pentru 4-5 persoane.

Seafood Cocktail

Seafood sauce is the most important one when it comes about seafood. There are lots of recipes, but today I'll give you a tasty one. The recipe is easy and if you want, you may also add garlic. For me, garlic is one of my favorites. It gives a special taste to the food. So, here is the Cocktail of Seafood.

Ingredients:

-2 cups mixed seafood – shrimps, crab, prawns, oysters, crayfish

-1 cup cream

-1/4 cup tomato sauce

-2 teaspoons lemon juice (or more, as you like)

-white pepper

-1 cup shredded lettuce

-paprika or chopped parsley

I.Combine seafood. Chill while preparing sauce. 

II.Put cream in a bowl and beat thickened slightly, about the consistency of egg white. Beat in tomato sauce, lemon juice and pepper. 

III.Place a small amount of lettuce into individual serving dishes. Divide seafood mixture evenly among the prepared dishes.   

IV.Spoon cream mixture over seafood. Garnish with paprika. 

Replace cream with natural unsweetened yogurt and 1/2 teaspoon sugar if desired. 

Seafood Cocktail Sauce

Ingrediente:

-2  cani de fructe de mare amestecate – creveti, crab, stridii, raci

-1 cana smantana

-1/4 cana sos de rosii

-2 lingurite suc de lamaie (sau mai mult, dupa gust)

-piper alb

-1 legatura salata verde taiata marunt

-ardei iute, patrunjel

I.Amestecati fructele de mare. Tineti-le la rece in timp ce preparati sosul. 

II.Puneti smantana intr-un castron si bateti pana ia consistent albusului de ou. Adaugati sosul de rosii, sucul de lamaie si piperul. 

III.Puneti salata verde taiata marunt deasupra fiecarei portii. Impartiti fructele de mare in mod egal in farfurii, puneti sos peste ele. Se serveste cu paprika.

Puteti inlocui smantana cu iaurt natural neindulcit si o 1/2 lingurita de zahar daca doriti.

Shrimps Recipe

When it's about seafood, this makes us all think twice before preparing something. And that's just because this type of food needs a special attention. We don’t cook seafood every day; therefore we expect the recipe to be a good one. I've tried more kinds of sauce when I cooked shrimps, but the one below I like the best.

Ingredients: 

-1/2 kg shrimps

-olive oil (or just sunflower oil)

-5-6 cloves garlic

-2-3 tablespoons lemon juice

-salt and cumin

-1 egg

-flour and bread crumbs.

I.We crush the garlic and we add the salt, then we pour the oil and the lemon juice. We stir till he get like a sauce.  

II.We put the shrimps into the sauce and we leave them at least 30 minutes. The best is to leave them into the sauce over the night, in the fridge.

III.Take the shrimps out of the sauce, then roll the shrimps into flour, then into beaten egg and again roll them into bread crumbs and put them in a pan with hot oil to be fried for about 4-5 minutes.

Enjoy it! :)

Creveti

Ingrediente:

-1/2 kg creveti

-ulei de masline (sau doar ulei de floarea soarelui)

-5-6 graunti de usturoi

-2-3 linguri de zeama de lamiae

-1 ou

-faina, pesmet

I.Pisam usturoiul cu sarea, apoi adaugam uleiul si zeama de lamaie pana se obtine un sos mai gros.

II.Punem crevetii in acest sos si il lasam cel putin 30 de minute. De obicei, ca sa aiba gust bun, eu ii las la frigider peste noapte.

III.Scoatem crevetii din sos, apoi ii dam prin faina, prin ou si prin pesmet, dupa care ii punem intr-o tigaie cu ulei incins. ii tinem pe foc aproximativ 4-5 minute.

Pofta buna!

Seafood Rice Recipe

Ingredients:

-1 big onion

-2 green peppers

-2 tablespoons of tomato paste

-spices – salt, cumin, black pepper

-some oil and butter

I. We chop the onion and the green pepper into small pieces and we put it to be fried into butter and oil, on a medium fire.

II. Then add the rice, spices and water and mix well, then add the tomato paste. Cover the pot. We add water to cover the rice, like to fingers above the rice.

III. When the rice "drinks" the water, put it on a small fire (very, very small) for 10 minutes.

We serve it with fish or seafood. Enjoy it! 

(a recipe from my friend Michaela :) )