Family Fishy Friday! Pirate’s Treasure Trove Chest with Fish Nuggets & Potatoes

Pirate's Treasure Trove Chest with Fish Nuggets & Potatoes

Family Fishy Friday!

Pirate’s Treasure Trove Chest with Fish Nuggets & Potatoes

Fish of the Month is:

March 2012 : Coley

Fish pie using coley and filo pastry

Coley or it is sometimes known saithe or coalfish is a member of the cod family. The flesh is a dull off-white colour but this lightens during cooking. The fish has a slight sweet taste and has a light texture.

Coley is good value for money and is a viable alternative for any dish that requires cod or haddock.

Nutritional information

Coley is rich in protein, selenium and Vitamin B12. In addition, although it’s a whitefish it is still a source of Omega-3 so counts towards your weekly intake.

Fishing methods

Coley is caught generally using trawl or pair trawl.

Seasonality

Coley is available all year round.

Sustainability

There is an agreed management plan for catching coley. Recent assessments have shown a decline in stock status and as a consequence catches have been reduced to enhance sustainability.

(Information taken from Fish is the Dish)

Pirates Fishy Treasure!

As a fish fanatic, I am periodically sent fresh fish to cook, review and discuss……..one of my last packages that was sent via Fish is the Dish and was from John at Delish Fish, contained some wonderful Coley(Saithe).  As March’s fish of the month over at Fish is the Dish is Coley – I thought that my last fishy Friday post should be another coley recipe and one just for the children too……Pirate’s Treasure Trove Chest with Fish Nuggets & Potatoes…….complete with gold nuggets (coley fish nuggets), emeralds (peas) and pieces of eight (carrots).

Wild Scotiish Saithe Fillets

Now, there are no small children in my household nowadays, but, we all still enjoyed this dish the other day, and why not? Wonderful wild Scottish coley fillets, that are cut into small nuggets and then pan-fried until crisp and golden – then served inside a little treasure trove chest of potato waffles and topped up with peas, carrots and a little mashed potato………a fun way to serve fish to small fry as well as the big fry! This is a wonderful way to get children to eat fish, as well as vegetables, and makes fishy Friday fun!

This lovely fish has a slight sweet taste and has a light texture.

This recipe makes two chests of fishy treasure, but if you have very small toddlers, then, one chest will serve two of them……..and don’t forget the blood tomato sauce! This is the last of my Coley posts for March, and I am also entering this into Ren’s Family Friendly Fridays event, as it is Friday and a lovely family friendly recipe! That’s it for today – I will be back later with a Retro classic, and CAKE! Have a wonderful weekend. Karen

Pirate’s Treasure Trove Chest with Fish Nuggets & Potatoes

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Serves	2
Prep time	5 minutes
Cook time	20 minutes
Total time	25 minutes
Allergy	Egg, Fish
Meal type	Lunch, Main Dish, Snack
Misc	Child Friendly, Serve Hot
Occasion	Casual Party
Region	British
By author	Karen S Burns-Booth

A delightful and fun way to get children to eat fish and vegetables, make sure they know what the vegetables and fish represent: the "treasure" being cooked peas (emeralds), carrots (pieces of eight) and coley nuggets ( gold nuggets), serve with tomato ketchup (yes, blood!).

Ingredients

• 2 coley fillets, skinned and boned
• 1 egg, beaten
• bread crumbs
• vegetable oil
• 6 potato waffles (frozen)
• 4 tablespoons mashed potato
• 50g garden peas (frozen)
• 2 carrots, peeled and cut into rounds

Note

A delightful and fun way to get children to eat fish and vegetables, make sure they know what the vegetables and fish represent: the "treasure" being cooked peas (emeralds), carrots (pieces of eight) and coley fish nuggets ( gold nuggets), serve with tomato ketchup (yes, blood!).

Directions

Step 1	Cut the coley fillets into small chunks (nuggets) and then dip them into the beaten egg before covering in breadcrumbs. Set to one side.
Step 2	Gently fry the potato waffles until golden brown in a large frying pan with a little vegetable oil; once cooked keep them warm in an oven.
Step 3	Heat up the vegetable oil in the frying pan and gently fry the coley nuggets, turning them all the time for about 5 minutes, or until golden brown and crispy. Meanwhile, cook the carrots and add the frozen peas 2 to 3 minutes before they are cooked, continue to cook them together. Re-heat some mashed potato, or cook some potatoes and make some mash whilst the fish nuggets are cooking.
Step 4	To assemble the treasure trove chests: place a little mashed potato on a plate and add two potato waffles as a front and a back, pushing into the mash; cut the remaining potato waffle in half and make two sides, using mashed potato to "glue" together. Fill the chests with the remaining mash, before adding the "treasure" of cooked peas (emeralds), carrots (pieces of eight) and coley nuggets ( gold nuggets), serve with tomato ketchup.
Step 5	These will serve two children aged about 7 to 12 years old; or one "chest" will be sufficient if shared between two toddlers.

Pirate's Treasure Trove Chest with Fish Nuggets & Potatoes

This is a non-Sponsored Post: I received this fish as part of a special programme to promote sustainable British seafood and fish; the programme is run by Fish is the Dish as part of the Fish Fanatics group, and the fish was supplied by Delish Fish as part of this scheme. This is a non-sponsored post and I was not paid to promote the fish mentioned on my blog in any shape or form. With thanks to the team at Fish is the Dish and to John at  Delish Fish for sending me this fish to try.