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Learn the basics of cooking a whole fish with tips on selecting, preparing, and cooking methods that enhance flavor and texture.

Whether it's a quick side dish, light lunch or a delicious dinner cooked for family or friends, fresh crab is the perfect way to add a little luxury into your festive dishes. Find our 5 favourite ways to use it at Christmas below:

Delicious lemon sole is plentiful in Westcountry waters, making it a good, sustainable choice. Baked whole with delicious crab butter, and served with a creamy sauce, we think it looks brilliant (and tastes even better!). Serves 2

Great to look at and even better to eat, these special little pies make a spectacular starter - definitely a worthy vehicle for our wonderful, locally-caught scallops! Makes 4 pies.

This luxurious recipe is a real treat! You can make the Lyonnaise potatoes ahead of time if you like – assemble the potatoes in advance, up to the point of the oven cooking time, then refrigerate and just pop them in the oven when you’re ready to cook the lobster. Serves 4.

This is more of a guide than a recipe. Feel free to choose your own seafood and steak (and cook it to your own preference); we’ve used fillet steak and crevettes. Ingredient quantities given are for two 170g fillet steaks, but quantities can be scaled-up as needed.

Delicious pan-seared scallops atop rich, cheesy risotto with a brown-butter drizzle – serve with a crisp green salad or sauteed greens of your choice. Serves 4.

This quick and easy recipe makes a light, luxurious supper – it’s also really good served as a starter. Different seasonal salad leaves will add interest (try chicory or curly endive). Serves 4.

Treat yourself to some turbot and give your barbecue a real boost! Firm-fleshed and tasty, turbot steaks stand up well to being cooked on the grill, and here they’re paired beautifully with a simple lemon butter. Serve with your choice of salads and veg – we like to pop a couple of new potato skewers alongside the fish as it cooks. Makes 2 Steaks.

Typically made with pan-fried beef steak and prawns, Surf & Turf – or ‘Beef & Reef’ if you’re Australian - is a perfect partnership between fantastic farm produce and high-quality fresh fish (both of which you’ll find in abundance here at Greendale!).

Based on a classic recipe from the south of France, these pissaladières may be small but they pack plenty of flavour, thanks to their delicious anchovy, olive and slow-cooked onion topping. To save time, the onions can be cooked up to three days ahead and stored in the fridge until needed. Makes 24.

Once you get the hang of butterflying the prawns, this is a pretty straightforward recipe that tastes even better than it looks. You can prepare the prawns ahead, if you like; when you have spread them with the garlic butter, just cover and refrigerate until you’re ready to put them in the oven. Serves 4 as a starter.

Say it with scallops, and serve this simple but luxurious recipe to your best-loved guests! It’s the work of moments to make, leaving you free to mingle to your heart’s content. Serves 4 as part of a spread.

A whole side of salmon is an impressive centrepiece for any meal; there’s not really much to improve on, though these simple serving suggestions will add a touch of Christmas ‘pizzaz’!

Make a real meal of it with healthy white fish marinaded in shawarma spices and served in your own home-made flatbreads with a quick home-made pickle (we’ve used pollock, but hake or any other firm-fleshed white fish will work equally well). You might get a little bit messy when you eat them, but that’s definitely part of the charm! Can be cooked on the hob or over a BBQ. Serves 4.

Prep: 10 mins Cook: 25 mins Heat Level: Mild This recipe combines the lovely sparkly flavour of the HATARI Mellow Aji Mash with citrussy lemon and umami soy to make an incredibly morish meal! You can wrap in foil and pop on the BBQ as an alternative to baking in the oven!

Get everything prepped before you start, and this tasty recipe will be the work of moments. Don’t forget the pan juices – they’re delicious! Serves 2 as a starter.

Cooked in butter and served with a rich prosecco sauce, turbot makes for a luxurious dinner with a difference! Serve with your favourite veg. Serves 2.

A special dish for a special occasion. We like to serve this simply with some just-wilted greens or steamed broccoli. Serves 2.

These delicious parcels take moments to make. We like to serve them with something to mop up the tasty juices – mashed sweet potatoes, roasties or thick slices of crusty bread are all perfect. Serves 2-4.

Make the most of any leftover cooked salmon with this easy dish – served with buttered granary toast or bagels, it makes a brilliant breakfast, brunch or light lunch. Serves 2.

Use our ready-made Seafood Sauce to whip up these luxurious mini-bites in minutes! Serves 10 as part of a buffet-style spread.

Sometimes unfairly overlooked in favour of plaice or turbot, we think brill is – well, brill! With a sweet flavour and firm flesh, it’ll cook to perfection in minutes as soon as the BBQ is ready.

This is a great ‘hands-on’ sharing dish for a summer’s evening – it’s a really nice way to cook trout, as the fish takes on subtle smokiness from the charcoal, and the spicy, savoury nduja adds real depth of flavour, too. Serves 2-4.

Just the ticket for warmer weather, this simple, healthy salad makes a perfect light meal for two. Serves 2.

Celebrate local crab at its wonderful best with this rich, delicious quiche.

Regular visitors to our Farm Shop will know that Ethan, our skilled fishmonger, is always very happy to ‘talk fish’, helping customers to learn more about the different fish on our counter; with his help, we’ve put together a few tips for buying fresh fish (as well as what to avoid).

Take comfort food to a new level with this luxurious risotto. It’s a fairly simple recipe that makes the most of its wonderful ingredients – a fair bit of stirring is involved, but the end result is well worth it! Serves 2

If you’re a fan of our Lobster Thermidor, why not try this delicious crab-centric version? Rich, creamy and packed with flavour, it’s delicious served with fresh bread for mopping up every last bit! Serves 4 as a starter.

Fresh from West-Country waters, pollock is a great-tasting and more sustainable alternative to cod. Here, it’s paired with a creamy leek sauce and fresh herbs, for a taste of springtime. Serves 4.

Starring delicious, locally-caught lobster, this three-course meal for two contains a zingy scallop starter, tasty Lobster Thermidor and indulgent chocolate brownies with clotted cream to finish. Simply follow the easy cooking guide and enjoy a gorgeous Greendale meal without leaving the comfort of your own home. Serves 2.

This show-stopping three-course meal for two contains a zingy scallop starter, delicious Salmon en Croute and our unique chocolate ‘somethings’ with double cream to finish. Simply follow the easy cooking guide and enjoy a gorgeous Greendale meal without leaving the comfort of your own home. Serves 2.

From large family gatherings to smaller get-togethers, let your guests help themselves to delicious finger-food inspired by our finest seafood.

With so much planning and prep for Christmas day itself, it can be tricky to come up with ideas for a Christmas Eve meal. We think fish pie is the perfect answer; with a few, good-quality ‘cheats’ it’s simple enough to put together fairly quickly, but special enough to mark the celebration.

Meet Chloe North, Manager of the Western Fish Producers' Organisation (WFPO). The Greendale fishing fleet works with the WFPO to tackle important issues in the fishing industry, helping to build a brighter, more sustainable future for this sector. We caught up with Chloe to discuss why it's important to buy British fish.

Whether it's a quick side dish, light lunch or a delicious dinner cooked for family or friends, fresh crab is the perfect way to add a little luxury into your dishes. The crab on the Greendale Farm Shop fish counter is the perfect addition to your meals and it's super-fresh because it’s caught locally by the Greendale fishing fleet. Find our 5 favourite ways to use it below: