10 fresh seafood dishes you need to eat this summer

By Ashraf Booley, 12 November 2015

With summer being the best season for fresh and light meals, we have 10 recipes to convince you why the catch of the day shouldn’t go amiss. WWF-SASSI-approved and all.

Steamed mussels and prawns with coconut broth

If you’re planning to pull out all the stops this summer, this seafood dish of mussels and prawns doused in a coconut broth is the one. Ready in 20 minutes, tops!

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Sabrosa strawberry-and-trout ceviche with gooseberry dressing

What better to tuck into than fresh ceviche on a hot summer’s day? This version stars some of the season’s best – berries.

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Mariana’s smoked mackerel salad

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Make like Mariana and keep it simple with this magnificent mackerel salad. It’s super fresh and simple to make.

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Soya-and-ginger hake

En papillote – the method in which food is cooked in a parcel of folded parchment paper – is a great way to spend less time slaving over a hot stove. Just place all your ingredients in the parcel and bake for 15 minutes.

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Fish tacos with salsa

Craving some crunch? There’s no going wrong with fish tacos. Ever.

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Pan-roasted snoek with tomato and lemon crème fraîche

Here snoek marries particularly well with tomatoes and lemony crème fraîche, creating a full-flavoured dish.

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Calamari, chorizo and tomato rice

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Take risotto to new heights by adding beef and reef.

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Grilled yellowtail with papaya-and-watercress salad and chermoula aïoli

Grill yellowtail in the oven until cooked through and serve with a refreshing papaya salad with aïoli.

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Salt-and-pepper squid

Pressed for time? You can tuck into this squid in under 10 minutes.

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Trout gravlax with minted cucumber and yoghurt sauce

You’ll have to prepare this one ahead of time as it requires 12 hours of chilling. It’s worth every hour, we promise. Plus: it takes only 10 minutes to prep.

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Ashraf Booley

Article by Ashraf Booley

Woolworths TASTE’s digital content producer loves nothing more than trying out inventive recipes and using close friends and family as his guinea pigs. When he’s not crafting content or posting images to TASTE’s Instagram account, he sits in a quiet corner sipping on pretentious tea and penning poetry.
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