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Fish

Fish with tomatoes, harissa and fennel.

10 healthy, simple midweek fish dishes (that aren’t salmon)

Don’t be afraid of cooking fish. It’s healthy, economical and as these recipes show, easier to cook than you may think.

Fish with tomatoes, harissa and fennel.
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s go-to midweek fish with tomatoes, harissa and fennel

This is one of my go-to dinners during the week; it’s quick, nourishing and versatile.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
EASY

Sicilian-style pasta with swordfish, cherry tomatoes, mint and pistachios

This Italian combination will leave you with all the wonderful, relaxed feelings of a late-summer holiday.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Keep cold and serve with corn chips.
EASY

Raw snapper aguachile with avocado and tomato

Aguachile is the Mexican answer to ceviche and best enjoyed scooped on a corn chip.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Conservas platter.
EASY

Crack open a tinny (or three): Adam Liaw’s guide to arranging the hottest grazing board of the season

Think of a conservas platter a bit like a cheese board – you want enough variety for everyone to be able to choose what they like.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Karen Martini’s kingfish ceviche with buttermilk dressing, finger lime and a rhubarb, red chilli, fennel pickle.
EASY

Ceviche with buttermilk dressing and rhubarb, chilli and fennel pickle

The refreshing flavours are ideal for the hotter months, and it’s a perfect, and very pretty, starter.

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Maltese-style stuffed snapper.

Maltese-style whole roast snapper with caper, olive and tomato stuffing and salsa

Half of this punchy double-duty mixture becomes a stuffing while the remainder is a salsa to serve.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Adam Liaw’s Caesar salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s modern take on a classic salad (including how to cook perfect jammy-yolked eggs)

All hail the caesar salad, a dish that’s still winning friends 100 years after its invention.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Roasted red fish curry.
EASY

Roasted red fish curry

Vibrant, aromatic seafood curry doesn’t get any simpler than this gorgeous one-pan snapper dish.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Piri-piri chilli butter fish.
EASY

Piri-piri chilli butter fish with aioli mash

Tender, delicate fish fillet on a bed of smooth and silky mash is taken to the next level with a lick of chilli- and paprika-flavoured butter.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook