Jewfish with Mussel Saffron Stew

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Neil Perry

Published 2005

  • About

Jewfish are another of those Australian fish that suffer from a number of aliases. Its various names include mulloway, river kingfish, kingfish, school jewfish and, of course, jewfish, which is what I know it as. It is also mixed up with the Western Australian dhufish, which is related to pearl perch. It also suffers from being soft textured when it is young, so the juveniles are often called soapy jewfish. However, nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to the larger fish. I