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Cooking Techniques & Sauces

Seafood Preparation

58 lessons · 11 quizzes · Certificate of completion · Chef Eric Arrouzé

Cleaning, cooking and serving shellfish and fish safely — mussels, scallops, tuna, crab and salmon — with Chef Eric Arrouzé.

Course content

  1. Buying & Handling Seafood
    1. Fish Freshness
    2. Frozen Seafood Guidelines
    3. Canned Fish and Seafood
    4. Round Fish, Flatfish & Filleting
    5. Fish Portions: Suprême, Pavé & Paupiette
    6. Cooking Seafood Safely: Doneness & Brining
    7. Quiz Buying & Handling Seafood — Section Quiz
  2. Shellfish
    1. How to Clean and Debeard Mussels
    2. How to Steam Mussels in White Wine
    3. How to Remove Cooked Mussels from Their Shells
    4. How to Clean and Cut Scallops
    5. How to Crush Shellfish Shells for Bisque
    6. Quiz Shellfish — Section Quiz
  3. Oysters
    1. Oyster Buying Guide
    2. Oyster Opening Tips
    3. Horseradish Sauce for Raw Oysters
    4. Ginger Lime Relish for Raw Oysters
    5. Oysters with White Wine Sabayon Au Gratin
    6. Quiz Oysters — Section Quiz
  4. Crab, Lobster & Prawns
    1. Peeling and Deveining Shrimps and Prawns
    2. Poached Lobster in Court Bouillon
    3. Poached prawns “A la Nage”
    4. Lobster and Mango Salad
    5. Quiz Crab, Lobster & Prawns — Checkpoint 1
    6. Lobster Oil
    7. Dungeness Crab Potato Salad
    8. Crab Canapés with Cumin
    9. Fresh Crab Aspic with Grapefruit Mousse
    10. Shrimp Tomato Goat Cheese Aspic
    11. Tahitian Scallops Tartare
    12. Quiz Crab, Lobster & Prawns — Section Quiz
  5. Fish
    1. How to Keep Seafood Cold While Prepping
    2. How to Dice Fresh Tuna
    3. Pan-Seared Crab Cakes with Wasabi Sauce
    4. Linguini with Salmon and Pine Nuts
    5. Avocado and Shrimp Cocktail
    6. Cilantro Tuna Cakes
    7. Quiz Fish — Section Quiz
  6. Salmon
    1. Salmon Gravlax
    2. Lime Cured Salmon with Dill Marinade
    3. Tea-Smoked Salmon with Seaweed Yoghurt Sauce
    4. Salmon Steak in Coconut Milk with Peas
    5. Quiz Salmon — Checkpoint 1
    6. Sole and Salmon Fish Terrine & Indian Sauce
    7. Salmon Tartare Caramelized Onions
    8. Poached Salmon in Court Bouillon Hollandaise Sauce
    9. Buckwheat Blinis with Smoked Salmon
    10. Smoked Salmon Canapés with Dill
    11. Quiz Salmon — Section Quiz
  7. Fish Mains & Raw Fish
    1. Marinated Fried Sardines
    2. Chimichurri Fish Tacos
    3. Salad Niçoise with Grilled Tuna Steaks
    4. Asian-style Tuna Tartare with Avocado and Shiitakes
    5. Grilled Halibut Filet Verdurette
    6. Poached Cod Steak with Beurre Blanc Sauce
    7. Quiz Fish Mains & Raw Fish — Section Quiz
  8. From the Source
    1. Meet an Oyster Farmer from France
    2. Sockeye Salmon Run, Adams River
    3. Brittany’s Seafood Platter
    4. Quiz From the Source — Section Quiz
  9. Quiz Seafood Preparation — Final Exam

Cook it: recipes for this course

Caribbean Mussels in RougailRecipeCaribbean Mussels in RougailOysters with White Wine Sabayon au GratinRecipeOysters au Gratin with White Wine Sabayon: French Seafood RecipeMussels soup prepared using classic seafood soup techniquesRecipeMussels Soup of EtretatTahitian Scallop TartareRecipeTahitian Scallop Tartare
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