still head chef

i havent posted here for a while but i am still the head chef in the house. i havent had as much time to cook new dishes because i have been working part-time but i got a couple of new cookbooks (N Perry - Balance and Harmony and G Locatelli - Made in Italy) recently.

I am cooking a seafood dish from the neil perry book tonight.

Stir fried Red Emporer with asparagus and enoki mushrooms. it looks real easy (see below). simple ingredients cooked quickly.



I will try to remember to photograph the finished result.

the finished product (obviously the photos are not stylised like they would be for the book):



tips and tricks:

this dish is so easy to prepare, very quick to cook and so tasty it is worth the try. Buy good fish (the red emporer was fantastic). Peanut oil "burns/smokes" so you need good ventilation. As neil said, dont overcook the fish - it took about 1-2 mins to brown and then it only took another 2-3 mins to cook through. 500gms of fish fed two people nicely.

Giorgio Locatelli's book is a fantastic read (bought it on Saturday) with some great recipes. Cant wait to try to cook some of them. If you are into food books this is worth buying