Our cooking times are just a guide. Your fish may vary in thickness, it may be warmer or cooler when it hits the pan, your oven or hob may behave differntly to ours. Use our instructions as a guide, but deploy your senses too; look, prod, listen and smell while you cook. After all, cookery should provide us pleasure as well as nourishment.
Baked in parchment
190C/Gas Mark 5
Place the fish into a parcel of greaseproof paper or foil, lightly oil and season the fish and seal the parchment. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Roasted
200C/Gas Mark 6
Place the fish into a roasting tin, lightly oil and season. Roast in the oven uncovered for 8-10 minutes.
Poached
In a simmering stock, milk or sauce, cook for 4-6 minutes.
Barbecued
Lightly oil and season the fish all over. Place over the grill skin-side-down and cook for 3-5 minutes. Flip over to the flesh side and cook for 1-2 minutes. Total cooking time 4-7 minutes.