langoustine

For starters, langoustine cocktail for my wife and lobster pieces in a pot for me - a great introduction.

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To find out more about Saplinbrae Hotel visit www.saplinbrae.co.uk Pan seared halibut, scalloP, amity langoustine & tarragon veloute Recipes courtesy of Chris Ritchie, head chef of Saplinbrae Hotel Ingredients 2 x 100g halibut fillet, skin on, descaled 4 scallops, roe off 4 langoustine tails, shell off, deveined 100g spinach 100g samphire 1 tspn of oil 25g butter Squeeze of lemon juice For the veloute: 25g butter 25g plain flour 100ml fish stock or white wine 10g tarragon, finely chopped Method 1On a high heat with a drop of oil in a non-stick frying pan, add the halibut fillets skin down for four minutes, then turn for two minutes and add a spoonful of butter at the end.

The guide also recommend lingering loch-side with a pint and a plate of fresh langoustine at The Arch Inn restaurant in Ullapool (No5).

For the second starter diners can choose between the Christmas spiced seafood chowder with Langoustine agnolotti and caviar or a Foie Gras Yule Log made with red grape gel, vanilla candied hazelnut, and gooseberry and ginger bread crisp.

Find iodine in cod, coley, crab, crayfish, haddock, langoustine, lobster, mussels, oysters, sardines, squid and whiting.

Will their menu of curried langoustine soup, slow-roasted pork belly, and millionaire shortcake impress Prue and Michael?

1 Make a slit on top of the langoustine through the middle, but make sure it doesn't cut through the flesh completely.

Braehead (SFO Enterprises) is a key producer of high quality whole Scottish langoustine, landed by SFO members.

1 pound lobster or langoustine shells, coarsely chopped, toasted