Sailing, Eating and Drinking

We are off on the boat for a few days.
This is very good for one’s mental health but with the way we eat and drink while away (which is too excess!!!) I don’t know how good it is for our bodies.

I have 9 books and an old Vanity Fair from the library which I intend to get through.
So it was a lovely day we had a good sail
Unfortunately it wasn’t as warm outside as it should be but very pretty.

The phones work out here... not good for internet though as you have to use dial up and it is very slow and becomes very expensive.

Just passing Waiheke Island it takes us about 1 ½ hours to get to here.
Anchored in Chamberlain Bay

So a nice lunch, wine, sleep, read, drinks, scrabble, dinner.

Onto food the point of this blog.

This was an idea I adapted from Chef Michael Smith

Potato Crusted Salmon

Very simple
1 filet of salmon
2 med potatoes grated
Olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Toss the potatoes with oil and seasonings
Season one side of salmon

Turn over
Encrust other side with grated potatoes

Pre heat your grill

Heat a little oil in a very hot pan
Add salmon potato side up
Should take about 3 minutes to get a good colour on the bottom
Pop under the grill till golden brown and crisp
Not quite as brown as this example but unfortunately I don’t have a lot of control over the stove on the boat and thinhs sometimes burn.
It was great. A little green salad to accompany

N.B. Whoops I just re-watched the programme Chef at Home. I got this wrong.
He used cold baked potatoes grated and mixed with oil and horseradish
Sea salt & freshly ground black pepper.

The he put the salmon filets into a hot oven for about 10 minutes.
Makes sense
I will try that next time Luckily it was OK the first time round but this could be an improvement.

All a bit much for Dale

Another excellent dish.

I made the Herb and Mushroom Pate click here

to have with drinks but I thought of a new use for it

Take 2 nice thick Scotch Filet Steaks
Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Lightly oil a very hot pan
Sear the steak on one side
Turn
Cover with a nice thick layer of Mushroom and Herb Pate
Cook to your desired doneness (sorry but you know what I mean)
What a great find.

My (only just eating meat because I make him) husband was in raptures.