There are cappuccino mornings, when you have all the time in the world to stop off at your local coffee bar and indulge in a nice leisurely brew, perhaps choosing an apple & cinnamon muffin, or a skinny wholewheat banana muffin if you’re feeling virtuous. And there are double espresso mornings, when you stagger out [...]

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For humane reasons you can put the live crayfish in the freezer first, if you like. This doesn’t kill it, it just puts it into a deep sleep.
Take the crayfish straight from the freezer and plunge it into a pot of boiling water. Make sure the pot is deep enough to submerge the crayfish completely.
Boil [...]

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Clean and butterfly the fish.
Lay it on a platter face up and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil
Sprinkle with chopped fresh herbs – thyme, flatleaf parsley and mint
Season with freshly ground black pepper and sea salt
Cut wedges of lemon and partially squeeze over the fish
When the coals are grey and ashen, slide the fish, skin [...]

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First the fish has to be scaled and gutted. This means scraping off all the scales and removing all the viscera (everything that you find in the stomach cavity).
SCALING: If you are going to remove the skin before eating, don’t bother. But if, like the sea trout on the barbecue, the crispy, smokey skin is [...]

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