Hola,
Christmas time, and a time for sharing - in this case a couple of recipes guaranteed to delight the family, in quite different ways. These are from my Sunday evening show on Radio Live:
Martin Bosley's Ika Mata
Martin is one of my favourite chefs, and a bloody nice guy to boot. His eponymous restaurant on Oriental Parade in Wellington is an award-winning treat, amazing cuisine - but Martin assures me this recipe is simple - and with the white, green and red colouring - a perfect kiwi Christmas dish.
Serves a crowd of 8 -10 people
1 kg very fresh snapper fillet, skinned
10 limes and 3 lemons, for the juice
2 medium-sized onions, finely diced
3 red chillies, seeded and finely chopped
4 large ripe tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped
1 bunch of several spring onions, finely sliced
a few stems of coriander leaves
1 litre coconut milk
lime wedges and tortillas to serve
Cut the fish into 1 cm dice, discarding any bloody tissue.
In a bowl, mix the fish and the citrus juices and chill to marinate for two to three hours, or until the fish is opaque.
Drain the juices from the fish and add the onion, chilli, tomato, spring onion, coriander, coconut milk and a good tablespoon of sea salt.
Mix well, chill well and serve with lime wedges and crisp tortillas
Scott Kelly's Reindeer Poo
Former host of the inimitable Friday Night Allan, bFM ad genius and now an advertising creative, it will surprise few who know Scott that he spends Christmas Eve making faux reindeer poo to keep the magic alive for his son on Christmas morning. When combined with cornflour 'shoe prints' from the fireplace to the Christmas tree, a knocked over bowl of water outside from those klutzy reindeer, and a few hoof prints from the back of an axe on the grass, Scott's reindeer poo go down a treat. And they're edible too, apparently, although I think that might be overstating things given the ingredients:
Weetbix
Cocoa
Coffee
Water
Glitter (or those edible silver ball things) for a bit of magic
Peanuts or some kind of nut for added realism
Combine ingredients - the coffee and cocoa are to colour the weetbix - go easy on the water, you want it to retain shape. If you add too much water you can balance it out with some cornflour.
Pipe into "brown frosty boy icecream shapes" using a piping bag, onto the doorstep outside, or around where the reindeers' water bowl is.
MERRY XMAS EVERYONE!