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Grilled Oysters 

Grilled Oysters

Tuna Chilli Tacos 

Tacos are a useful, quick snack -but you will need to use both hands to eat them!
Tuna Chilli Tacos

Potato Pancakes with Smoked Salmon 

The humble potato is transformed into a sophisticated starter when it is sharpened with onion, made into crisp pancakes and topped with soured cream and dainty strips of smoked salmon.
Potato Pancakes with Smoked Salmon

Marinated scallop brochettes 

The exceptionally smooth yet meaty flesh of scallops benefits from a tenderising marinade, which then adds its herb and lemon fragrance to the skewers of grilled fish and vegetables.
Marinated scallop brochettes

Mussel salad 

Mussel salad

Smoked Trout Salad 

Salads are the easy answer to fast, healthy eating. When lettuce is sweet and crisp, partner it with fillets of smoked trout, warm new potatoes and a creamy horseradish dressing.
Smoked Trout Salad

Salmon Parcels 

Serve these little savoury parcels just as they are for a snack, or with a pool of fresh tomato sauce for a special starter.
Salmon Parcels

Pasta with Herby Scallops 

ow fat fromage frais, flavoured with mustard, garlic and herbs, makes a deceptively creamy sauce for pasta.
Pasta with Herby Scallops

Sardines in a Peppercorn Crust 

Fresh sardines are always bursting with flavour, and here they are given a crunchy coating of lemon juice, olive oil, dill, garlic and mixed peppercorns, then grilled with aromatic rosemary.
Sardines in a Peppercorn Crust

Baked tuna tomatoes 

Versatile tuna, blended with cheese and capers, makes a high-flavour filling for tomatoes, while the cheese and breadcrumb topping adds an appetising savoury crunch to this warming dish.
Baked tuna tomatoes

Avocado, Shrimp and Tomato Salad 

Avocado and shrimps are famously good together. Here they are joined by tomatoes, and a creamy dressing of lime, yoghurt and cilantro gives the combination an elegant new style and exciting taste.
Avocado, Shrimp and Tomato Salad

Salmon and Asparagus Terrine 

Salmon and Asparagus Terrine

Celery with Anchovies 

This anchovy sauce lends French elegance to crisp celery stalks; a widely-available vegetable is turned into a quick starter.
Celery with Anchovies

Paglia e Fieno with Smoked Salmon 

Italians call this combination of yellow and green pasta 'straw and hay' because of its colours. It looks especially pretty served with richly flavoured smoked salmon in a wine sauce.
Paglia e Fieno with Smoked Salmon

Salmon and asparagus ramekins 

When the longed-for asparagus season arrives in early summer, snap up the thin, cheaper spears to use in this light, irresistible appetiser.
Salmon and asparagus ramekins

Shrimps with Chilli and Mangoes 

Luscious ripe mango and crunchy scallions, spiced with hot chilli and fresh ginger, give a sweet and sour Oriental flavour to the large, stir-fried shrimps featured in this exuberant dish.
Shrimps with Chilli and Mangoes

Mackerel Pate with beet Salsa 

Mackerel Pate with beet Salsa

Mussels with Thai Herbs 

Another simple dish to prepare. The lemon grass adds a refreshing tang to the mussels.
Mussels with Thai Herbs

Cotriade 

This is the original fish chowder from Brittany. The fish that goes into it is largely a matter of what is available and what is cheap.
Cotriade

Smoked Salmon Salad with Mustard and Dill 

Smoked Salmon Salad with Mustard and Dill

Scallops Grilled with Prosciutto 

The subtle saltiness of Italian dried ham combines perfectly with these marinated scallops with their brilliant orange corals to make handsome brochettes that can be served on their skewers.
Scallops Grilled with Prosciutto

Smoked Trout with Pear and Rocket 

Strips of smoked trout and crisp, white slivers of pear are set against the brilliant leaves of radicchio and rocket in this very decorative salad, which is served dressed with a creamy horseradish sauce.
Smoked Trout with Pear and Rocket

Smoked Trout pate 

The delicate flesh of smoked and fresh trout is sharpened by a prudent addition of horseradish and whisked to a fluffy lightness with low fat cottage cheese.
Smoked Trout pate

Seafood Cocktail Starter 

This dish can be as simple or as exotic as you like - depending on which shellfish you choose.
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