Skate cheeks and courgette

Posted by petra08 on July 22, 2016 · 22 Comments 

Yesterday I saw something I haven’t seen before at the fishmongers. Even if I don’t need fish I still get my eggs there and this is what I went there for. As I was waiting for my turn I saw that I thought was cod cheeks. I have never seen cod cheeks there so I asked and was told it was skate cheeks.

I have only ever bought skate wings before but never cheeks. I knew I had to buy some and try them.

 

I went out in the garden to have a look for accompaniments to the skate cheeks and got courgette and some edible flowers.

This year I bought a bunch of seeds for edible flowers and I tried borage for the first time. The whole plant is edible but I have to admit the leaves have a strange taste. The flowers are delicious and have a beautiful star shape.

 

 

I stuffed the flowers. I didn’t want to deep fry them and opted for baking them.

 

Cottage cheese stuffed courgette flower 

preparation time 5 minutes 

oven 180C or 356F 

serves 2

Ingredients

• 1 large courgette with the flower
• 1 tbsp cottage cheese
• 1/2 celery stalk, chopped fine
• 1/2 red onion, chopped fine
• 1 clove of garlic, chopped fine
• salt
• pepper

Mix the ingredients and stuff the flower.

 

 

Gently wrap it up and place on an ovenproof tray.

Goats cheese is a classic to use as stuffing so I stuffed the other courgette flower with goats cheese and roasted them both in the oven until the cheese had melted and the courgette was just cooked through.

 

I took the skate cheeks out and had a look. There was some cartilage that had to be removed along with the thin outer membrane. Once this is done you have little fish nuggets, ready to be cooked.

 

I added some salt and pan fried the skate cheeks until cooked through before plating up. I placed the courgette in the oven for 10 minutes. I placed the skate cheeks, lettuce leaves and edible flowers.

 

 

I added the stuffed courgette and served it as a starter for two.

 

 

I liked the skate cheeks, they are softer in texture than cod and delicious. They have the mild flavour of skate and I would buy them again!

 

I am bringing this to the lovely Angie’s Fiesta Friday. Come and join us or just have a browse around, there is always an amazing selection of recipes and great fellow food bloggers! Co hosted by the brilliant Juhls, The Not So Creative Cook, and Colleen, Faith, Hope, Love & Luck  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Filed under Allotment/Veg, Amuse bouche, Celery, Cheese, Courgette, Feta cheese, Fish & Seafood, Garlic, Goats cheese, Onion, Recipe, Starter · Tagged with borage flowers, courgette flower, edible flowers, nasturtium, skate, skate cheeks