$ · lifting and turning delicate fish fillets
OXO Good Grips Little Fish Turner
Sliding beneath fillets and turning them with less tearing than a thick spatula.
Lotte in English is Monkfish. It belongs to the Lophiidae family; the names below show how the same fish is sold across international markets.
Also called
🇺🇸🇬🇧Monkfish🇦🇷🇪🇸Rape🇵🇹Tamboril🇧🇷Peixe-sapo🇮🇹Coda di rospo🇩🇪Seeteufel
Monkfish is an extraordinarily ugly deep-sea fish that is almost entirely sold as its tail — the only edible part widely available at market. Its flesh is dense, meaty, and almost lobster-like in texture, holding up exceptionally well to roasting, grilling, and inclusion in stews and soups. In France it is called lotte and is a bistro staple. In Spain rape is used in a famous garlic sauce.
Useful gear for preparing fish
$$ · filleting, skinning, and trimming whole fish
Victorinox Fibrox 8-Inch Flexible Fillet Knife
Following the bones and contours of whole fish with a narrow, flexible blade.
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Names by country
| Country | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | Monkfish | Also called goosefish or anglerfish in the US |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | Monkfish | |
| 🇦🇷Argentina | Rape | |
| 🇫🇷France | Lotteprimary | A bistro classic — lotte à l'américaine is a celebrated French dish |
| 🇪🇸Spain | Rape | Rape al ajillo (in garlic sauce) is a well-known Spanish preparation |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | Tamboril | |
| 🇧🇷Brazil | Peixe-sapo | |
| 🇮🇹Italy | Coda di rospo | Also called 'rana pescatrice'. |
| 🇩🇪Germany | Seeteufel |