Shrimp & Avocado Tostones
A delicious take on the traditional tostone, which is usually served as a side dish. These make a great appetizer for get-togethers, they are so rich that they could almost be a complete meal!
Category: Seafood
Colorful Pickled Beet, Carrot, Egg, Smoked Salmon Mini Terrines & Horseradish Apple Cream
This is a visually pretty, individual mini-terrine made of root vegetables, grated and arranged with smoked fish and dressed with horseradish apple cream sauce and finely grated eggs. It is a beautiful appetizer or a side dish, and always perfect for brunch, with a side of thick hearty bread, and for those not faint of heart, a shot of apple flavored vodka. It incorporates the ingredients that I am familiar with in Eastern European cuisine, such as eggs, pickled beets, horseradish, cream, carrots, potatoes, and smoked fish.
Pasta sul mare (Pasta by the ocean)
I love hosting due to my passion for cooking and when I don’t have a lot of time but still want to impress the American palate I pull out this simple very tasty and versatile recipe.
The key for this recipe is the quality of the fish. I grew up by Venice in Italy and fresh fish was an everyday deal, now I live in SC and fresh shrimp vendors are easy to find as well, pretty lucky!
Fish cake
Here we steam the fish, remove all the skin and bones. Shred the fish using fork or hands and sear the fish with spices to enhance the flavor.
Herb crusted halibut
Pan seared halibut coated in a panko herb blend/ ginger turmeric Israeli cous cous/ Watercress and argula salad with pickled carrots and grapes/ golden beet nage
A light version of seared halibut
Shrimp Balchao
A lip smackingly delicious dish made with Shrimp cooked in a tangy tomato-onion-red chilli powder mixture. This recipe was handed down to me by my mother.
Baked Stuffed Clams
Moist and loaded with tons of chopped clams, instead of one large clam surrounded by too much breading.
Spicy Tuna Melt Rolled Sandwich
My favorite for summer picnic in wine country. Good for potluck party or catering as well.
Garam Masala Salmon with Scallion Sauce and Asian Fries
Spicy yet umami packed salmon steak with sweet savory scallion sauce. Top with fried egg roll sheets. This dish has everything you like, spicy, sweet, juicy freaky salmon and crispy golden brown fries!