Win a £50 Fish Voucher! Fresh Scottish Fish and Festive Fish Tagine Recipe (2024)

Win a £50 Fish Voucher! Fresh Scottish Fishand

Festive Fish Tagine Recipe

Regular readers will know that I am an avid supporter of British products and ingredients, as well astraditionalBritish feasts and festivals, and FISH!I am proud to be part of the Fish Fanatics scheme, which is run by Fish is the Dish on behalf of Seafish, whichwas founded in 1981 by an Act of Parliament, with the aim of supporting all sectors of the seafood industry for a sustainable, profitable future.Funded by a levy on the first sale of seafood landed in the UK, the principal aim of Seafish is to support and improve the environmental sustainability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the industry, as well as to promote sustainably sourced seafood. The services it offers include technical research and development, responsible sourcing initiatives, economic consulting, market research, industry accreditation, safety training for fishermen and legislative advice.Seafish also provides invaluable advice to consumers about preparing and eating seafood, while highlighting its considerable health benefits, of which Fish is the Dish is the consumer platform for this, and Fish Fanatics are bloggers who help support this.

As part of the Fish Fanatics scheme, I regularlyreceivefish and seafood deliveries with a view to creating new recipes to share on my blog, as well as attend conferences, and earlier this year I even starred in a series of videos for them too!I was lucky enough to receive a box of FRESH SCOTTISH fish this week, a box filled to the brim with fresh wild haddock, wild cod, wild hake and smoked wild haddock. The fish was caught just a few days earlier from the Budding Rose, (PD418, a 24 metre steel fishing vessel based inPETERHEAD in North East Scotland) and the Lapwing (PD972). All of this was going on whilst we all slumbered in our beds, or were watching television by the fire, and I am constantly in awe of all our fishermen who engage in a hard and sometimes dangerous occupation. For me, every time I buy British fish, I am thankful for the people who go out there in all weathers to catch it and land it.This wonderful fresh fish was then bought at market by John of Delish Fish, who skinned, filleted, boned and smoked it, before it was sent to me, and the rest of the fish fanatics.

It is always a constant source of surprise and irritation to me, why we in Britain don’t value the amazing fish that is caught off ourshores with more respect;most of our fresh hake is sent to Europe, with France and Spain being the biggest takers for it, and yet hake is just as delicious as haddock or cod, and like all fish, it can be prepared and cooked in well under forty-five minutes. Fish is, as I am always banging on about, the ORIGINAL FAST FOOD, and it is JUST as easy to make a lovely family fish recipe with fish, as it is to cook a ready-to-eat frozen meal. I have LOTS of quick and easy fish recipes on my blog, and I will add a link at the end of this post to them all. Sustainable fishing around our Island coastline provides us with a wealth of fish and seafood that we can buy fromon-linewebsites (Delish Fish), markets,fishmongersand supermarkets, and, it’s my fervent hope that we all start to buy more British fish and cook with it, I am trying my hardest to provide Fish without Fear recipes, handy tips and ideas for you all.

I hope by seeing all of these fish and fishing boat photos, you may all appreciate where our delicious fresh fish comes from, and I also hope that my recipe today,Festive Fish Tagine with Cod and Olives, will provide you with recipeinspirationfor aspecialmeal for the family throughout the festive period; yes I know that a simple fried fish supper is wonderful, but fish is so versatile that we can all get more out of it with a little bit of imagination! And, it is that imagination that I am hoping to tap into today, as I am pleased to announce that I have £50 of fish vouchers to give away to the BEST Festive Fish Recipe that is submitted via the linky (or via email) below; allyouhavetodois create a new recipe or recipes,orshare an old familyfavouritethat issuitablefor thefestive period, and yourrecipecould won £50 of fish vouchers to spend as you wish!I am hosting this competition on behalf of Fish is the Dish, who are kindly providing the prize it’s a NON VOTING competition, just submit your fish recipe, and a mystery judge will pick the best at the end of the month.

Before I post the recipe contest guidelines below, I would like to share myFestive Fish Tagine recipe; afabulous festive fish dish that is ON the table and ready to eat in under 40 minutes; succulent fresh cod is cooked with warm Moroccan spices, tomatoes, olives and preserved lemons for a spectacular spicy meal which is perfect for a crowd, or for a family meal throughout the festive period. Frozen fish can be used if fresh fish is not available and haddock, hake, monkfish or coley can be used in place of cod, and I served this cod tagine with some of my Quince and Cranberry Chutney. I used the fresh cod that was in my fish box, caught by The Budding Rose and filleted toperfectionby John at Delish Fish……I know the story if that fishfromboat to market to shop to mykitchen, and I hope that more of my readers will also buy fresh British fish in the future, it’s less food miles and it’s OURS! Have a great weekend, Karen

Win a £50 Fish Voucher with Fish is the Dish:

I have made a Festive Fish Tagine, what recipe will you come up with the win £50 of fish vouchers?

Entry Guidelines:

Post your entry on your blogand use the Fish is the Dish logo as shown above and below
Add links on your post here: https://www.lavenderandlovage.com
Link to your blog from here using the Linky tool below.
If you don’t have a blog you can still join in, just email me a picture and a bit of information about your Festive Fish Recipe. Email to karen[at]lavenderandlovage[dot]com
If you’re on Twitter, tweet us a link to your post @KarenBurnsBooth and @fishisthedish, using the hashtag #festivefishrecipe.

Festive Fish Contest Rules:

You can enter as many times as you like.
The recipes would have to be original recipes and not from any published recipes or ones that are attributed to TV shows or chefs
You can use old posts as long as you update them and link back here.
You must submit your recipe by the 28th of December 2012.

GOOD LUCK!

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