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Old Stone Fish Stew
- Total Time
- 30 minutes
- Rating
- Notes
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Ingredients
- 1¼pounds skinless tilefish, monkfish or cod
- 1pound halibut or red snapper
- ¼cup olive oil
- 1½cups finely chopped onions
- 1cup finely chopped celery
- 1cup finely chopped sweet green pepper
- 1teaspoon finely chopped garlic
- 1cup dry white wine
- 1bay leaf
- 5sprigs fresh thyme, chopped, or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 4cups canned peeled and crushed tomatoes
- ¼teaspoon hot red-pepper flakes
- Salt to taste, if desired
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1pound mussels, scrubbed and cleaned
- ½pound shrimp, shelled and deveined
- ¼cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
Preparation
- Step 1
Cut the fish into one-and-one-half-inch cubes. Set them aside.
- Step 2
Heat the oil in a large saucepan or kettle over medium heat and add the onions, celery, green pepper and garlic. Cook, stirring, for five minutes. Add the wine, bay leaf and thyme. Cook for one minute. Stir in the tomatoes, pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Step 3
Add the fish and mussels, stir and cook over high heat for about three minutes. Add the shrimp and parsley and cook for three more minutes. Remove the bay leaf and serve immediately.
Private Notes
Cooking Notes
Very delicious! My new fav fish stew! Finely chopping the onion, celery and garlic is key to provide max flavor in the broth. I did a fine mince in food processor. Swapped fennel for green pepper. Any fish and shellfish will work. I used cod, mussels and scallops. Simple but sooo flavorful! Parsley is key at the end. Serve with crusty bread.
Nice rich fish stew. Great with a crusty loaf of bread for dunking. It's become our traditional Christmas Eve dinner.
Really good, basic fish stew. To take it to the next level, I would add some anchovy paste. Then substitute Italian parsley for regular parsley and squeeze some lemon juice at the end.
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