Whole Fish

These whitebait, which are from the Baltic Sea, are between 5 and 10 cms (2-4 inches) long - a big one won’t go in sideways. You get about 80 fish in a pack. Dredge in flour and deep fry for about two and a half minutes. Did you ever try...

Herring has a great flavour and is exceptionally good for you, being full of useful oils. True, it’s not short of small bones, but with a little experience and care, you’ll be lifting the flesh off the bones without a second thought....

Mackerel is an oily fish rich in Omega 3. Its eating qualities are legendary. It ought to cost three times as much but fortunately, mackerel is prolific. You’ll find the fillets on our site but you should give the whole (gutted, ready to...

Perfect restaurant style whole sea bass, cleaned and descaled, ready to pop in your oven. These fish are from Greek or Turkish sea bass farms. Fish weighing 600g or more could stretch to two servings.

Sardines beg to be eaten with your fingers. They normally come ’entire’ which means with the guts in*, so you’ll have to clean them - it is but a moment’s work. When you’ve done that, try stuffing the sardines with baby spinach and lemon...

There are many many species of bream, but this one stands head and shoulders above the rest. It’s named after the little gold bar on its forehead. In France, it’s the much-loved dorade. These are farmed fish, which we have cleaned and...

Did you know a flying fish - hardly more than a sardine - can stay aloft for over 30 seconds, reach 20 feet above water and cover 300 metres? Its culinary credentials are not to be scoffed at either. Especially in Barbados, where flying...

Fishionado Alan Davidson gave no less than five recipes for silver pomfret in his Seafood of South East Asia, including ’steamed in a banana leaf’. (He lists 20 other ingredients including yai-yo leaves but notes that it’s ’more suave...

This superb fish needs no introduction. It tastes so good, that you should cook it simply: grill or bake with just a minimum of herbs. Beware that the midriff is a lot thicker than the tail, so position carefully in your grill so as not...

The lemon sole lives in the shadow of its stellar cousin from Dover... marine biologists even put it about that it ’is not really a sole at all’ how mean-minded can you get? Take it from us: the lemon sole makes a very fine meal, and you...

What, not tinned? No. And not salted either. Not even filleted. Er, did we mention not cleaned? Don’t worry you can cook and eat them whole if you like. A fantastic flavour experience, straight out of the sea, and not remotely like...

There’s no getting away from it, the witch sole is basically a poor man’s Dover sole. But don’t write it off. The one in the picture disappeared down four fork-wielding employees as soon as the photographer finished. And it comes in nice...