My first taste of hapuka
Submitted by Shortylook on Fri, 2014-01-31 22:34
Well I had my first tast of hapuka tonight at work and I can say while it is ok, I'm not that big a fan. Me and my mate cooked it the same as we would any other fish we have( dhu, nanni or bluebone) but it just had a taste to it. Might just be me. What do the rest of you guys think.
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soupster51
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Love it
I've eaten a fair bit of the deep water fish (harpuka, trevella and bass) and will say they are all a touch more delicate to cook than dhus, snapper, baldies, etc. It really is a case of thinning out the fillets and taking them off the heat just before they're cooked, letting the residule heat finish them off. If they're are over cooked, as I have done a few times then they become bland, even flourery.
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carnarvonite
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Spot on
Spot on Soupy, it comes down to about 30 seconds of cooking time, go over it and you might as well be eating garbage from Vietnam.
MattMiller
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Yep
Far too many fall into the trap of over cooking fish in general.
scottnofish
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HarpukA really have to be
Bleed very well and straight away i always cut the heart threw the gills and the cut around the tail that helps get all the blood out , found they taste better that way but puka is still probably the strongest flavoured out of the deep water fish
Shortylook
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Ok wish I had of posted "we
Ok wish I had of posted "we are about to cook our first lot" instead of we just cooked. It will be interesting to try it cooked a bit less
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