Food & Wine
Winter warmer seafood stew
Rustic, rich and very tasty, this winter warmer fish stew will warm your bones and make the cold seem like a distant memory. Serve hot with crusty bread.
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 800g diced tomatoes
- 1 cup of vegetable stock
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 1 dried bay leaf
- Pinch of sugar
- 1kg firm white fish fillets
- 12 medium green prawns
- 12 mussels
- ½ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
- Zest or grated rind of 1 lemon
Method:
- To begin, heat olive oil in a large saucepan over a low to medium heat.
- Add onion, celery and garlic and cook for around about five minutes.
- Add tomatoes, stock, wine and bay leaf and bring the stew to the boil.
- Reduce heat to medium and let simmer, partially covered, for about 20 minutes.
- Add a pinch of sugar for flavour.
- Prepare the seafood ingredients. Cut fish into small chunks, peel and devein prawns leaving the tails on and make sure you scrub the mussels, removing the beards.
- Add fish to the saucepan and let simmer for five minutes before adding the other seafood.
- Cover and cook for a few minutes. Make sure you discard any unopened mussels.
- Serve, topped with parsley and lemon rind.
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