Wanted to celebrate my bday dinner properly so went to Billingsgate Saturday morning (cycling there at 4.30 was really unique, few drunk people still around in Shoreditch, and the CS3 all for myself), got loaaads of seafood, I could barely fit one more prawn in my backpack on the way back. Anyway this is what came out:
Haddock and mango ceviche
Salmon and red onion ceviche
Salmon and courgette quiche
Clams and cherry tomatoes bruschette
Prawns skewers
Raw courgette, strawberry and prawns salad with basil dressing
Lettuce canape with leek pure and seared tuna
To accomodate some vegetarian guests I also added:
Some mixed herbs polenta chips and homemade guacamole
Butternut squash, courgette, carrot and red onion quiche
Cherry tomatoes, capers and shallots bruschette.
The whole thing with 15 bottles of white, 1 of champagne and 1 of homemade limoncello just to seal the whole night properly.
Apologies for not taking any picture of the dishes, been swamped cooking the whole day sat. All very rewarding tho! Recipes available upon request ;)
Not so much, I had an extra pair of shoes to avoid slipping with cleats on the wet market floor and I had to tie them outside the backpack on the way back. I went berserker and got almost more fish that I could carry..
Wanted to celebrate my bday dinner properly so went to Billingsgate Saturday morning (cycling there at 4.30 was really unique, few drunk people still around in Shoreditch, and the CS3 all for myself), got loaaads of seafood, I could barely fit one more prawn in my backpack on the way back. Anyway this is what came out:
To accomodate some vegetarian guests I also added:
The whole thing with 15 bottles of white, 1 of champagne and 1 of homemade limoncello just to seal the whole night properly.
Apologies for not taking any picture of the dishes, been swamped cooking the whole day sat. All very rewarding tho! Recipes available upon request ;)