Mixed Seafood Grill Recipes

MIXED SEAFOOD GRILL

Steps:

• Clean, dry and portion the seafood. The prawns may be cooked in their shells or cleaned and deveined first. I prefer the latter. Lightly coat the salmon, scallops and prawns with olive oil in preparation for the grill. This recipe can also be done entirely in a sauté pan if necessary, but the grill provides better taste and presentation.
• Finely chop the parsley, chive and dill in preparation for finishing garnish.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
• Pre-heat a cast iron grill plate, or barbecue, to medium temp. Clean and lightly oil the grates, then arrange the seafood in their groups on the grill. Each ingredient will take a slightly different amount of time to cook. The salmon should be started flesh-side down to obtain the nice grill marks.
• While tending to the seafood on the grill, combine olive oil, minced garlic, chopped parsley and a squeeze of fresh lemon in a small mixing bowl.
• Turn all the seafood ingredients on the grill once. The prawns will likely reach doneness first. They go straight into the bowl of olive oil and aromatics to be tossed and coated with those flavors.
• The salmon and scallops will likely finish at the same time, a minute or two after the prawns. Test by pinching or pressing with your finger. The flesh should be slightly taught and firm, but still give a little in the middle. At this point brush a tiny bit of melted butter on the scallops and douse the salmon with a squeeze of lemon right on the grill.
• Plate the mixed seafood grill by arranging 1 piece of salmon, 2 scallops and 2 prawns per person. Garnish the salmon with dill and the scallops with chive. The prawns will enjoy their own unique flavor contrast thanks to the bath they took right off the grill!

SPICED MIXED GRILL WITH GRILLED LIME

Steps:

• Put the curry, cumin, fennel, peppercorns, cayenne, and salt in a spice mill or clean coffee grinder. Grind to a fine powder and set aside.
• Rinse the calamari tubes under cool water and pat dry. Split the bodies from top to bottom so you have 2 triangular pieces from each. Put the calamari, lobster, and prawns on a platter and drizzle with a nice dose of olive oil so the seafood is well coated; season with a fair amount of salt and pepper.
• Place a large grill pan on 2 burners over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill and get it very hot. Take a few paper towels and fold them several times to make a thick square. Blot a small amount of oil on the paper towel then carefully and quickly wipe the ridges of the grill pan or the hot grates of the grill. Place the lobster on the grill, shell-side up, and cook for 5 minutes until the shell begins to turn reddish-orange. Turn the lobster tails over and lay the calamari, prawns, green onions, and limes (cut side-down) on the grill too until everything is slightly charred. Grill the calamari for 2 minutes per side, and no longer, otherwise they will get rubbery.
• Put the grilled mixed seafood and green onions on a large platter and sprinkle a little of the spice mix all over. Squeeze the grilled limes over the shellfish and serve immediately.

MIXED GRILL

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add half the sausages or ham and cook until crisped on 1 or both sides and warmed through, about 5 minutes. Repeat with remaining oil and sausages. Transfer to a platter.

MIXED SEAFOOD GRILL

Steps:

• Heat a grill until medium hot. Lightly oil the fillets; season with the salt and pepper.
• Place fish and clams on the grill. Cook until fillets start to turn opaque, 3 to 4 minutes. Brush fillets with shallot butter; turn fillets over. Grill until cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes more. Meanwhile, the clams should start to open after about 4 minutes; spoon a little shallot butter into each clam; leave on grill 1 to 2 minutes more. Remove seafood from grill, and serve. Discard any clams that have not opened.

MIXED SEAFOOD GRILL

Steps:

• Heat grill.
• In large bowl, combine butter, lemon-pepper seasoning, fennel seed and salt; mix well.
• Add halibut and shrimp; toss to coat.
• Place in grill basket.
• When ready to grill, place grill basket on gas grill over medium-high heat or charcoal grill 4 to 6 inches from medium-high coals.
• Cook 5 to 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork and shrimp turns pink, shaking grill basket once or twice to turn and mix halibut and shrimp.

GRILLED MIXED-SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• In small bowl, mix all vinaigrette ingredients until well blended.
• In shallow glass or plastic bowl, place fish steaks, shrimp and 1/4 cup of the vinaigrette; turn fish and shrimp to coat with marinade. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour. Reserve remaining vinaigrette.
• Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. Remove fish and shrimp from marinade; reserve marinade. Cover and grill fish and fennel over medium heat 5 minutes; brush with marinade. Add shrimp.
• Cover and grill 5 to 15 minutes, turning and brushing fish, fennel and shrimp with marinade 2 or 3 times, until shrimp are pink and firm, fish flakes easily with fork and fennel is tender. Discard any remaining marinade.
• Arrange romaine and arugula on serving platter. Cut fish into bite-size pieces. Arrange fish, shrimp, fennel and remaining ingredients on romaine mixture. Serve with remaining vinaigrette.

GRILLED FOIL-WRAPPED SEAFOOD MIX

Steps:

• Place two sheets of aluminum foil in a cross section and bring up edges.
• Place potatoes, seafood mix, shrimp, tomato, and bell peppers in center of foil.
• Thoroughly mix rosemary, garlic, pepper, cumin, thyme, parsley, tomato paste, soy sauce, tomato juice, and olive oil.
• Pour on top of items in foil.
• Gather the foil from the outside towards the center. Place one more layer of foil on the top of the foil circle. Turn over and cover with one last layer of foil.
• At cooking time, place on grill on medium heat 15 - 20 minutes.
• Flip over and cook for another 10 - 15 minutes
• To keep warm, place on far edge of grill until ready to serve.
• ***To complete the dinner, mini-croissants and a small salad of greens dressed with a simple vinaigrette was added.