Learn to Cook Fish & Shellfish with Gelf Alderson
Learn to Cook Fish & Shellfish with Gelf Alderson
£45.00 Inclusive
Overview
In this online course, you’ll explore the seasonal availability of fish and shellfish, learning how to source them sustainably and shop for the freshest options locally. Gelf Alderson will teach you essential fish preparation skills, including gutting, scaling, and filleting three types of fish—flat, round, and oily—with a strong focus on knife skills.
You’ll also discover various cooking techniques, such as pan-frying, baking, and stewing, while creating flavourful stocks, broths, and a range of delicious fish dishes. By the end of the course, you’ll feel confident in your ability to cook fish and shellfish at home.
Highlights
- Learn to assess fish and shellfish for freshness, quality, and sustainability
- Master the techniques for gutting, scaling, and filleting fish
- Prepare and clean shellfish with confidence
- Create recipes like pan-fried fish, fish stock, hot smoked mackerel, paprika cockles, clams with cider, and mussels with chermoula
- Choose the budget-friendly Peer Option or the Expert Option for personalised feedback from the River Cottage team.
when new dates are released for this event.
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Overview
In this online course, you’ll explore the seasonal availability of fish and shellfish, learning how to source them sustainably and shop for the freshest options locally. Gelf Alderson will teach you essential fish preparation skills, including gutting, scaling, and filleting three types of fish—flat, round, and oily—with a strong focus on knife skills.
You’ll also discover various cooking techniques, such as pan-frying, baking, and stewing, while creating flavourful stocks, broths, and a range of delicious fish dishes. By the end of the course, you’ll feel confident in your ability to cook fish and shellfish at home.
Highlights
- Learn to assess fish and shellfish for freshness, quality, and sustainability
- Master the techniques for gutting, scaling, and filleting fish
- Prepare and clean shellfish with confidence
- Create recipes like pan-fried fish, fish stock, hot smoked mackerel, paprika cockles, clams with cider, and mussels with chermoula
- Choose the budget-friendly Peer Option or the Expert Option for personalised feedback from the River Cottage team.
when new dates are released for this event.
Well organised, relaxed, great environment to learn – I enjoyed the course and it was inspiring too!
Great food and all fresh and local, fabulous staff, we picked up plenty of tips
Brilliant chef for the day, it was amazing thankyou, and really appreciate the hard work and effort that must go on behind the scenes everyday to organise all you do, as well as to do the day itself thankyou.
“Our chef teacher was enthusiastic, friendly and very helpful and informed. I love cooking and I really enjoyed myself. However long you’ve been cooking you can always learn new things and the dishes we made were all delicious.”