Josh Niland's Stainless Steel Fish Weight/Press | BRONZE | PRE-ORDER FOR NOVEMBER
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The Fish Weight – by Josh Niland
The Fish Weight is a professional-grade stainless-steel tool designed to help you achieve exquisite, restaurant-quality crisp skin fish effortlessly. Created by chef Josh Niland, this elegant piece of cookware ensures your fillet stays flat, cooks evenly, and develops a perfectly crisp skin, all without needing to finish in the oven.
Bronze is a muted antique bronze made to suit the bronze hardware in your kitchen. The colour is a PVD coating over solid 304 stainless steel, so underneath it is exactly the same weight as every other finish.
Details & Design
Material: Food-grade 304 stainless steel with a bronze PVD coating
Weight: 1.6 kg – substantial and stable
Finish: Muted antique bronze, with a mirror-polished base that looks beautiful hanging in your kitchen
Dimensions: 16cm diameter
Notes: On the base of the weight there is a dimple where the handle has been welded on - this is normal.
How to use The Fish Weight
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Preheat your pan with a thin layer of clarified butter (or oil of choice).
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Once hot, place the fish skin-side down into the pan.
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Position The Fish Weight directly on top of the fillet.
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For larger fillets, centre the weight over the thickest part.
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Allow the weight to gently press the fillet into the pan, keeping the skin in full contact with the hot surface.
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Adjust the weight as needed during cooking to ensure even pressure and uniform cooking across the fillet.
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Let the heat transfer through the skin and up through the fillet—gently and evenly.
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No oven required: the fish will cook completely on the stovetop, developing a crisp, golden skin and a tender, perfectly cooked interior.
- Rest the fish skin side up on a warm plate. Season well with sea salt.
The technique behind it
The steps above are the what. These articles are the why — what the skin is actually doing in the pan, and why contact matters more than heat or oil.
- Regular price
- $125.00
- Sale price
- $125.00
- Regular price
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$165.00
Let customers speak for us
Perfect gift
Great book beautifully presented. Recipes present a challenge but worth a go. Highly recommend.
Excellent quality and does the job!!!
the pan has now replaced all other pans and we are using our air fryer less.
they say grandmas cooking is best because she hasn't stopped using her cast pan for 40years. My wife is looking forward to this reality
Fantastic ! I followed the cure instructions and have a perfect pan that’s good for everything!
These make handling the product so much easier. The tips are wider than on other tweezers I've used, so you get a secure but gentle grip – turning a fillet or plating delicate pieces without damaging anything. A small detail that matters a lot.
I have been following Josh with great enthusiasm ever since he opened Saint Peter in 2016. I have spent 40 years in the seafood industry, and what impressed me from the start is how he works with his producers, his clear view on how fish should be caught and handled, his dry-ageing, and the uncompromising way he puts scale-to-tail into practice. The Fish Butchery in particular inspired me and has set a benchmark for my own seafood business.
I already own The Whole Fish Cookbook and Fish Butchery, and this hand-signed copy of Chapter & Verse surpasses everything I knew from him – in scope, in the wonderful stories behind ten years of Saint Peter, and of course in the recipes. The essays take you right inside the restaurant, and with well over 100 recipes woven through them there is more to cook and learn here than in either of the earlier books. Having it signed by Josh makes it something special. A must for anyone who is serious about fish.
Beautiful to look at and great to handle – this is a seriously well-made tool. It's brilliant for getting an even, glassy crust on the skin, and because the weight itself heats up, the fish cooks gently from the top as well and comes out spot on. By the way: it's not just for fish!
A terrific pan that is surdy and well made.
Must have for anything pan fried
I purchased the fish weight as a gift for my son who has been working overseas for 2 1/2 years. I know it going to be a welcome addition to his kitchen.
Amazing pan. Extremely happy with it. I seasoned it following the instructions. It stuck a little on the first use but after that it has just been getting better and better. I also have the fish weight and am delighted with the crispy skin I am achieving. The combo of the right tools and the right instructions has been unbeatable.
Awesome. You could say pans are just pans. But this is a work of art. With the weight as well it’s made fish far more easier to get right / restaurant style.
Absolutely beautiful book and great bundle offer
Seasoning the pan is easy. Works beautifully especially in conjunction with the fish weight.