My Australian Fish Recipes

Here are two of my Australian fish recipes - quick, healthy and easy to make.

Seafood is part of Australian food culture. There is a large assortment available in the shops for you to cook.

Fish has a great nutritional value, is low in fat and is part of any healthy diet.

It generally tends to be on the expensive side, but my easy fish recipes on this page are not only quick but also cheap to make.

When you buy fish, ask the seller to clean it for you. It makes your cooking efforts so much easier.

Baked Latchet with Mussel Meat and Olives

australian fish recipes latchet

Latchet or red gurnard is a small fish with red skin and white flesh, which tastes delicious when baked.

And it does not have too many bones for its size, which is really good.

This recipe serves 2.

Ingredients

1 whole latchet (about 1 kg or less)
300 g of mussel meat
2 cloves of garlic
1 table spoon of olive oil
a handful of marinated olives
200 ml of olives marinade
20 pepper corns

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Lay the fish in a casserole with the chopped garlic. Crush peppercorns in a pestle and season the fish. Drizzle with olive oil. Cover the casserole with aluminium foil and place in the oven for 10 minutes.

Remove the foil, add the mussel meat, the olives and their marinade and cook uncovered for a further 10 minutes.

Australian Fish Recipes - Baked Mullet

australian fish recipes mullet ready to go into the oven

The mullet is a lean fish with a firm texture and a moderate flavour, but stronger than the flavour of the latchet.

Like the latchet, it doesn't have too many bones either.

This recipe serves 4.

Ingredients

1 mullet, about 1.5 - 2 kg
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves of garlic
peppercorns and sea salt to taste
1 can of peeled tomatoes

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Lay a large sheet of aluminium foil on your baking tray. Put half of the chopped onions on the bottom, place the fish on top and fill its cavity with the remaining onions and the garlic.

Crush the peppercorns and sea salt in the pestle and sprinkle the mixture over the fish. Chop the tomatoes and place them on top of the mullet. Drizzle with olive oil. Fold the foil on top of it and place in the oven for 35 minutes.

australian fish recipes - baked mullet