fish stew - quick recipe

[oooLaLa]

Quick Fish stew  - preparation - 10 minutes, cooking time 5 minutes

First make the mayo:

juice & zest of 1 lemon, good handful of fresh basil - chopped up small, few drops of tabasco (optional), 3-4 tbls of mayo.
Mix all of the above together and set aside

Cook some rice - I do basmati as follows:
Equal quanity of rice & water
bring to boil
simmer for 1 minute with lid on
turn down to lowest heat possible for 8 minutes
take off heat and leave for another 7 minutes
should be perfect

For the fish stew:

A collection of your favourite fish cut up into chunks. I use:

250g of mussels, 250g of white fish (cod/haddock/bass/bream) 250g of salmon, handful of prawns, maybe some monkfish or scallops if you are feeling posh. add some smoked fish if you like. The only rule is that they should all be filleted with no bones

3-6 inches of chorizo (optional) diced
1 onion - diced
1 (or maybe 2) tins of chopped tomatoes - if making loads, then you'll need two tins.
1 large glass of white wine
diced cooked new potatoes - again a handful
Handful of fresh chopped flat leaf parsley

gentrly fry the onion & choizo until the onion is soft in a little olive oil
turn up the heat and add the wine, potatoes, all the fish and the tin of tomatoes
put a lid on it and cook for about five minutes - the fish will be cooked and the mussels will have opened. If using cooked prawns, add these after 4 minutes so that they only heat through.

Throw the parlsey over so it looks lovely
I take all things to the table and let people help themselves - you may want some crusty bread handy
Put the rice on a plate, spoon over the stew and top with the basil & lemon mayo.
all my kids love this (although not all of them eat mussels)
Very health and almost fat free, particularly if you leave out the chorizo

OhLaLa! [kiss]

Variation:

You can use squid - but as it can easily go tough, add the squid when you add the wine/toms. Keep the spuds & rest of the fish back and simmer gently for about an hour with the lid on. then turn up the heat and carry on..

 

[Chris Head]

Sounds great...can you leave the wine out? Reckon it'd work OK in a slow cooker?

[oooLaLa]

yes - can leave out the wine - but I wouldn;t do this in a slow cooker - all the fish would fall apart!