Fish And Seafood Appetizers

Fiji Coconut Cured Fish

This cured fish salad is seriously delicious and too stunning not to include in our collection fish and seafood appetizers.

Curing fish is simple to learn, with thinly sliced fish and an acid based dressing that lightly cooks the protein. The finished dish won't disappoint and this salad is a fresh way to start any menu.

Fijian Coconut Cured Fish Salad

Fijian Coconut Cured Fish Salad - Let us transport you to the coconut lined beaches of the pacific islands.  This creamy sweet and spicy sauce dances around your tastebuds, leaving you wanting another bite.  A simple yet delicious, let us show you how to recreate this dish.

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Tempura Oysters With Wasabi Mayonnaise

Are these not the perfect oyster appetizer! A delight to the eye and palate, perfect for shared platters and hosting friends over Christmas. These beautiful oysters are sweet, crisp, sharp and refreshing with every mouthful!

Creating tempura batter is a great method to learn and can be transferred to lots of dishes. Let us show you how.

Tempura Fried Oysters

This dish is certain to win over your guests. Each mouthful containing a sweet, crisp tempura battered oyster, with the sharpness of the wasabi mayonnaise and the refreshing cucumber salsa, plated beautiful, making it delicious to both the palate and eye.

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Smoked Salmon Dip

A great appetizer for making ahead, this smoked salmon dip works perfectly of shared platters. A classic recipe with a few extra ingredients to have your taste buds singing.

Our best advice with this dish, is to make extras! Happy dipping!

Smoked Salmon Dip

A delicious smoked salmon dip recipe. Serve with crostini for a great appetizer or shared platter to enjoy this holiday season.

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Snapper ceviche

Served with tortillas for a great crowd pleasing appetizer. A simple dish to whip up with beautiful fresh flavours. This recipe ticks all the boxes for a great appetizer.

We love using snapper but most firm white fish will work well for ceviche, follow our recipe link below for more tips and tricks to recreating this dish.

Snapper Ceviche

Snapper is the perfect fish for eating raw or quickly marinating in lemon or lime juice.  Combined with fresh herbs, chilli and avocado.  This snapper ceviche is delicious and quick to put together.  Serve with crisp round tortillas for a delicious main or as it is for an entree or side salad, perfect for hosting your family and friends.

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Spicy coconut mussel salad

Delicious plump mussels with a creamy, spicy and sweet coconut dressing, perfect shared with friends and a glass of wine.

This dressing brings amazing flavour to beautiful seafood. We are lucky here in New Zealand to have access to fresh green lipped mussels, follow our recipe and see how you can cook up this dish depending on what mussels are available to you.

Warning, once you share this with family and friends you maybe asked to make it for every occasion!

Spicy New Zealand Mussels

Spicy New Zealand mussels. These plump green shell mussels are delicious topped in a creamy, spicy and sweet coconut dressing. This dish makes a great lunch or a beautiful plate on a shared table. 

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Fresh Oysters With A Mignonette Dressing

A simple French classic, these oyster's will bring sophistication to any occasion. Our dressing brings out the natural deliciousness of oysters.

Let us walk you through preparing oysters and creating this dish.

Fresh Oysters With A Mignonette Dressing

Fresh oysters served with a mignonette dressing, there is a reason this classic French shallot dressing has been served with oysters for 100's of years! Enjoy!

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Clam Tostadas

These clam tostadas are filled with amazing flavour and are a real social seafood appetizer. Perfect for less formal occasions or simple for enjoy with family of the weekend.

Many elements of this recipe can be prepared ahead, for a great build your own option.

A versatile recipe let us show you how to whip up these Mexican treats!

Clam Tostadas

Clam, avocado and roasted corn salsa tostadas are a great combination, a Kiwi take on a Mexican classic. Creamy avocado topped with briny clams, smokey corn salsa and hit of citrus and spice, all served on a crisp tostada! YUM!

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Our goal is to share simple, tasty dishes created by Chef Shane and partner, Sara. Using Shane's understanding of flavours and knowledge of food, to teach and inspire you to create delicious food everyday and gain a new level of confidence in the kitchen. Sara understands what it's like preparing weekly dinners for a busy family of five and likes to create dishes that are easy, full of flavour, that the whole family will enjoy.

Happy cooking!