Warm Razor Fish Salad

Razor fish are filter-feeding shells just like oysters and mussels.  They grow in abundance in the colder waters of South Australia.  They are also called poor man’s scallops. The only part of the shell that you eat is the muscle that keeps the two halves of the shell closed.  They have been farmed in the past but I have never seen them for sale anywhere.

Tim and Hugo helped me collect a feed of these shells while walking the boardwalk of Port Lincoln and Peter helped clean them up. We dined like kings tonight. I was surprised by the very sweet flavor of the Razor Fish. We ate this dish outside overlooking the bay with the setting sun. Unforgettable

Ingredients:

75       Razor Fish muscles (or scallops if you can’t get Razor Fish)

50gr    smoked bacon in cubes (home smoked from free range pig)

1          avocado

75 gr   cottage cheese

half     ice berg lettuce

            Pepper and salt to taste

Method:

Cook bacon in frying pan to render fat and brown the bacon.

In mean time cube the avocado, add the cottage cheese and mix well. Slice the lettuce very thinly in strips and add.

Remove bacon cubes from the pan and add the Razor fish to the hot pan. Fry for a minute on both sides. Add to the salad and mix well.

Serve on fresh brown bread.