Yet I was very young and living in England in the fifties - family emigrating in second half - and the themes just grab me and make me want to be there - especially as we are in total Covid lockdown and it's getting worse. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of the last six decades. In 2022, Stein underwent Open-Heart Surgery at the Royal Brompton Hospital to repair a defective heart valve. For the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a food processor, add the butter and lard cut into small pieces and process until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. He cooked twice for Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street, as well as for the former French president Jacques Chirac and for Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip.

Which is rather/very surprising, because I am a complete vegetarian and have never enjoyed meat, poultry or fish. Dip the fish cakes into the seasoned flour then the beaten eggs and finally the breadcrumbs, pressing them on well to give an even coating. A book has accompanied each series, and Stein's book English Seafood Cookery won the Glenfiddich Award for Food Book of the Year in 1989. Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water until tender Drain well, tip back into the pan and mash until smooth. Stein partially completed a hotel management traineeship with British Transport Hotels at its Great Western Royal Hotel in Paddington.Add the onion, the chopped and the quartered garlic, the white part of the leek and the red pepper to the pan and fry for 4–5 minutes, until softened and lightly browned. Eventually he converted it into a small harbour-side bistro, The Seafood Restaurant, with his first wife Jill in 1975. Along with business partner (and first wife) Jill Stein, he has run the Stein hotel and restaurant business in the UK.

If you can’t get sorrel leaves, don’t worry, just use some other small salad leaves, but sorrel does add a slightly tart accent which is most pleasing with the fish cakes. He is also the head chef and a co-owner of the "Rick Stein at Bannisters" restaurants in Mollymook and Port Stephens in Australia, with his second wife, Sarah.Featuring many of the recipes included in his most recent BBC series, Cornwall, Rick’s new book is a celebration of the region’s thriving food scene, with dishes inspired by its producers, farmers, restaurants and unparalleled seafood.

Put the spices in a food processor with all the rest of the ingredients and the cold water and blend until smooth. After appearing once as a guest chef in Keith Floyd's 1985 series Floyd on Fish and in his 1986 series Floyd on Food, he was offered the chance to present his own series – like the "travelogue" style of cookery show pioneered by Floyd – on BBC television, using Floyd's producer and director David Pritchard. This barbecued lamb is a shining example of the al fresco recipes you’ll find both in the series and the book.Put the fish cakes on 4 warmed plates, pile the dressed salad leaves to one side and spoon a little more dressing over the remainder of the plate.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan or shallow saucepan – you will need one that is about 30cm (12 in) across. Dip the strips of fish into the batter and then drop them into the hot oil and fry for 4 minutes, until crisp and golden. Remove from the heat and leave for 5 minutes, then uncover and gently fork the seafood and rice together before serving. Stein said at the time of opening, "Ever since a memorable weekend eating Pambula oysters and flathead in Merimbula in the sixties, I've had the image of the clean blue sea and sweet seafood of the South Coast fixed in my head so when I was introduced to Mollymook about six years ago I knew that one day I would open up a restaurant celebrating local fish and shellfish but keeping it really simple. For the batter put the flour eggs, water and a pinch of salt into a liquidizer and blend until smooth.

He told me about this great dish consisting of a tortilla filled with deep-fried fish, coriander, chilli, tomato, a little soured cream and some salad.