Lots of people don’t think of fish as a seasonal ingredient, like fruit and vegetables, but Outlaw says “it’s a huge seasonal thing”. A BRAND NEW collection from the UK’s most celebrated fish chef that explains what fish to cook and how to cook it, and provides tasty and inspiring ways to cook seasonal and sustainable fish for dinner.

Fish for Dinner: Delicious Seafood Recipes to Cook at Home Fish for Dinner: Delicious Seafood Recipes to Cook at Home

The 45-year-old recommends tail meat for lobster dumplings, or using the meat for an alternative take on sesame prawn toast. We’re not a massive fish-eating nation, which is very strange because A, we’re an island, and B, we’ve probably got the best variety of seafood of anybody – and probably the best sustainable fishermen you can come across. For the salad cream, whisk the egg yolks, mustard, sugar and lemon juice for a minute. Whisk in the oil in a thin stream, then whisk in the cream, season with salt, cover and refrigerate. Gently warm the oil in a pan. Blitz the fish to a puree, then, with the motor running, slowly add the warm oil and reserved milk. Once mixed, add the parsley and potatoes, and blitz for 30 seconds. Add most of the lemon juice and a good grind of pepper, then scrape into a bowl. Season to taste, and add more lemon juice if need be.Heat the oven to 200C (180C fan)/390F/gas 6. Put the bread on an oven tray, drizzle with olive oil, season and bake for 10 minutes, until golden and crisp. Tip out on a plate lined with kitchen paper to drain, and set aside. There was a time when I couldn’t do it, [but] I do believe everyone can do it. People worry about making a mistake and ruining the fish, but you can’t really ruin it. [If] you don’t get close enough to the bone and leave a bit of meat on the carcass, just go in with a spoon and use that for fishcakes or fish pies. You’re never going to waste anything. The best thing you can do is have a go.”

Fish for Dinner Spiced Gurnard Turmeric Potato Pancake from Fish for Dinner

Put the yogurt, saffron, garlic, lemon zest and juice, mint and parsley in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper and mix well. Set aside or see Make Ahead. One major mistake many home cooks make is overcooking the fish. “I’d say 80-85% can be eaten raw, for a start, so you never need to worry about [undercooking] with any species that you have at home. Even if it’s slightly undercooked, nothing’s going to happen,” says Outlaw. “It does seem the case that people err on the side of caution and overcook – and then unfortunately what happens is you probably have an experience that’s not great and it’s dry. For the batter, mix the flour and cider until smooth. Heat the oil to 180C in a deep-fat fryer (or deep-sided, heavy-based pan) and season the fish. Dip each chunk of fish in the batter to coat, then deep-fry in batches for three to four minutes, until cooked and crisp. Gently lift out, drain on kitchen paper and keep warm. For the filling, heat the oil in a frying pan and, when hot, add the onions, cumin and coriander and season with salt and pepper. Cook over a medium heat for 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes, then add the saffron, white wine and raisins. Cook everything down for roughly 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced to almost nothing and the onions are well stewed. Taste the onions at this point and season if required. Transfer the onion mix to a tray and spread out to cool. Once cool, portion into 12 little piles. No one cooks fish like Nathan, one of the most talented chefs in the UK. This book brings all his talent to the home cook.’ Angela HartnettverifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{

Nathan Outlaw’s hearty fish dinner recipes

The Guardian aims to publish recipes for fish rated as sustainable by the Marine Conservation Society’s Good Fish Guide.When the pan is hot, add a drizzle of olive oil and carefully add the fish fillets skin-side down. Cook for 2 minutes, then transfer the pan to the oven and cook for a further 2–3 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven; the fish should still look a little translucent on the top