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What herbs/spices goes with fish?

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  • horsechestnut
    horsechestnut Posts: 1,446 Forumite
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    Tarragon goes well with salmon.
  • thriftlady_2
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    nopot2pin wrote: »
    Ooooo.... that sounds good.
    Is it just like a normal fish pie, adding curry to the sauce ?
    What do you use for the topping ??
    :)
    I don't know I've not made one yet:D But, yes that's what I'd do -fry some curry powder or several different spices like cumin, coriander, turmeric, chilli in a some butter with a diced onion, then add flour to make a roux and then gradually add milk to make a sauce.

    Topping could be mash or pastry;)
  • esio_trot
    esio_trot Posts: 598 Forumite
    I posted in here earlier and can't believe I forgot to add one of my favourite things to go with fish! Chorizo. Not a herb, obviously, but it's lovely with the tomato sauce, or baked in the oven with something a bit meaty like cod.

    yummy
  • MrsE_2
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    Trinny wrote: »
    I usually bake fish in the oven and IMHO fennel is the best for fish, also dill if you can get it - different types of parsley also make a good change.
    LandyAndy wrote: »
    Not strictly herbs but I always put a few capers in my fish pie mixes and I'm sure they would also go well in a fish stew.
    esio_trot wrote: »
    I posted in here earlier and can't believe I forgot to add one of my favourite things to go with fish! Chorizo. Not a herb, obviously, but it's lovely with the tomato sauce, or baked in the oven with something a bit meaty like cod.

    Gotta agree Fennel, Capers & Chorizo are all fab too:D
  • nopot2pin
    nopot2pin Posts: 5,721 Forumite
    thriftlady wrote: »
    I don't know I've not made one yet:D But, yes that's what I'd do -fry some curry powder or several different spices like cumin, coriander, turmeric, chilli in a some butter with a diced onion, then add flour to make a roux and then gradually add milk to make a sauce.

    Topping could be mash or pastry;)


    Aye... I think I am going to try that...
    Mashed sweet potato might be quite a nice topping too
    :D
  • tandraig
    tandraig Posts: 2,260 Forumite
    hollandaise sauce is nice with fish - and i love fish with curry sauce! goes well in tomato and basil sauce too - but not sure about the smoked fish with that as i usually used just white fish. my families fave was my fisherman pie
    It was made with white fish, some tinned salmon if i had any leftover or smoked salmon or haddock ( as you can see it was a 'chuck anything in pie'.
    if I had any prawns (cooked) they went in too!
    all in either plain white sauce or parsley sauce or even hollandaise works
    topped with mash - some sweet potato often went in
    then baked in oven for half hour
    oh and for a change I sometimes grated cheese on top - it works - try it!
  • Pretani
    Pretani Posts: 2,279 Forumite
    Some great suggestions which I'll use sometime soon. Changed my mind about having fish stew and I steamed the cod in dill, butter and a slug of rice wine. Served it with a soft poached egg and it was very tasty (yum-yum dill). The smoked haddock never got used, i'll probably use it up in a Cullen Skink soup, after watching the hairy bikers on TV:D
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