Meals made for special occasions give us a chance to really enjoy what we're cooking and eating. This recipe is great for relaxed Christmas or New Year entertaining with a couple of lovely cocktails thrown in for good measure.
Ingredients
750 g | White-fleshed fish fillets, firm (Main) |
½ cup | Lime juice, or lemon juice |
2 Tbsp | Fish sauce |
400 g | Coconut cream |
½ | Red chillies, seeds removed and finely chopped |
½ tsp | Sea salt |
1 kg | Mussels (Main) |
1 | Iceberg lettuce, leaves separated |
500 g | Cooked prawns, cutlets (Main) |
1 | Red onion, sliced into rings |
1 | Avocado, large, peeled and cut into thin slices |
½ cup | Red capsicums, seeds removed and cut into fine strips |
½ cup | Fresh coriander |
1 to serve | Lime, or lemon wedges |
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- Cut fish into bite-size pieces and place in a glass or ceramic bowl. Pour over lime juice, fish sauce, coconut cream, chilli and salt. Toss well and refrigerate mixture overnight.
- Place the mussels in a large saucepan, cover and place over a medium heat for 5 minutes, shaking every so often. Allow to cool and then remove mussels from shells, discarding any that don't open.
- Line a large bowl with iceberg lettuce leaves. Lift fish from the marinade and arrange in the lettuce along with mussels, prawns, capsicum, avocado, onion and coriander leaves.
- Spoon some of the coconut cream mixture over salad and serve with lime or lemon wedges.