Hearty and comforting seafood dishes to add to your weekly menu

Along South Africa’s coast, the day’s freshly caught fish and crustaceans are paddled to restaurant and home kitchens to be transformed into mouth-watering odes to those who braved the catch.

Calamari, succulent line fish, salty sardines, mussels, prawns and all varieties of seafood serve as showstopping appetisers and entrées for lunches and dinner, no matter the occasion. There are chillier days, though, when simple grilled fish isn’t what you’re craving when you think seafood.

We’ve come armed with a few of our favourite warming and hearty omega-rich dishes.

Seafood paella

This truly great paella allows each ingredient to complement the other for moreish flavour in each bite.

Spicy seafood soup

The aroma of fresh herbs in this silky umami broth will enliven your taste buds.

Gourmet seafood bunny chow

There are few things as hearty as an oozing hot creamy curry served inside a hollowed-out loaf of bread.

Creamy seafood pasta

A creamy pasta bake, along with a glass of wine, is a recipe for one delicious dinner. Take it up a notch with this zesty flavour profile.

Zola Nene’s butter chicken and prawn curry

The fragrant flavours of cumin and coriander awaken the delicate prawns. The result? A deliciously creamy, spicy mouthful.

Stuffed calamari

Perfect as a starter, these little bites of satin calamari are to be enjoyed filled to the brim.