Fishermans Stew Food

FISHERMAN'S STEW

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes, red pepper flakes, and water in a measuring cup or bowl. Puree using an immersion blender until smooth.
• Cut sea bass into roughly 1 1/2-inch chunks to match the other seafood in size. Place fish, shrimp, calamari, mussels, and clams in individual dishes so they're ready to use.
• Melt butter and olive oil in a deep pan over medium-high heat. Add sliced fennel, garlic, and salt; cook and stir until garlic takes on color, about 1 minute. Stir in white wine. Let simmer until reduced by about 1/2, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in tomato broth base; bring to a boil. Continue to boil until fennel is tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Stir in parsley, bass, shrimp, and calamari. Add clams and mussels. Cover, increase heat to high, and cook until clam and mussel shells open and fish, shrimp, and calamari are opaque, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer to warm serving bowls. Garnish with reserved fennel fronds and serve.

FISHERMAN'S SEAFOOD STEW

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions, celery and garlic and cook until softened, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the wine and simmer until slightly reduced, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, parsley, crushed red pepper, thyme, salt and pepper and cook over medium heat for 12 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the cream.
• Bring 2 quarts water to a boil in a separate pot. Add the cod, mahi-mahi, shrimp and scallops and cook until cooked through and no longer translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and add to the stew.

FISHERMAN'S STEW

Steps:

• In nonstick 5- to 6-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat until hot. Add chopped pepper and onion, and cook 6 to 8 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add garlic and crushed red pepper, and cook 1 minute, stirring. Add wine and heat to boiling; boil 2 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes, salt, and 1/2 cup water; heat to boiling over medium-high heat. Add cod, mussels, and shrimp; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, 8 to 9 minutes or until cod and shrimp turn opaque throughout and mussel shells open. Remove Dutch oven from heat; sprinkle with basil.

FANCY FISHERMAN'S STEW

Steps:

• Place the mushrooms in a small pot, and cover with 1 cup of the chicken stock. Bring to a simmer and cook to soften the mushrooms, 10 minutes. Remove the mushrooms with a slotted spoon and reserve both for later use.
• Heat a large deep skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the EVOO and the garlic, celery, bay leaves, carrots, fennel, onions, herb bundle and some salt and pepper. Cook partially covered 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and cook 1 minute. Then add the wine, tomatoes and the remaining 2 cups chicken stock. Add the porcinis and their stock, minus the last few spoonfuls where grit may have settled. Simmer to thicken a bit and combine flavors then cool and store in the refrigerator for a make-ahead meal.
• Heat a small skillet over medium heat with the pistachio nuts and toast until fragrant and golden. Finely chop or process in a food processor into coarse crumbs. Return the pan to heat and melt 4 tablespoons of the butter. Add the panko and toast until deep golden in color. Combine with the chopped nuts and season with salt and pepper or seafood seasoning. Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.
• When ready to serve, remove the bay leaves and herb bundle. Reheat the stew, covered, over medium heat.
• Pat the fish and sea scallops dry. Heat a drizzle of oil or thin layer of cooking spray over medium-high to high heat in each of the 2 skillets. Sprinkle the halibut with some seafood seasoning, salt and pepper. Sprinkle the scallops with a little salt. Cook the halibut seasoned-side down for 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook until opaque, 2 minutes more. Turn off the heat and reserve the fish in the pan. Cook the scallops scored-side down until the sugars develop and caramelize, then flip and cook 1 minute more. Remove to a plate and deglaze the pan with some vermouth. Swirl in the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and then add the parsley and lemon juice.
• Cut the halibut into chunks. Ladle the stew into bowls and nestle in the halibut and scallops. Top with vermouth and lemon sauce and garnish with the pistachio breadcrumbs.

FISHERMAN'S STEW

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or large heavy bottomed pot, heat 2 tbsp. olive oil over medium high heat. Add fish and sauté gently for 2 minutes, or until lightly golden. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer fish to a plate, reserve.
• Add the remaining 2 tbsp. olive oil to the pot. Sauté onion until soft, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic, chorizo and celery. Sauté until garlic is soft and chorizo is golden brown, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add dry white wine to deglaze pan, let simmer for 1 to 2 minutes, then add fish stock infused with saffron, lemon zest, juice of lemon and chopped tomatoes. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered until stew is reduced by about 1/3, about 20 minutes. Add the fish back to the pot, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add mussels. Simmer covered until mussels open, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley and adjust seasoning. Serve with crusty bread. Serves 4 to 6.

TUSCAN FISH STEW

Steps:

• Puree cherry tomatoes and clam juice in a blender until smooth. Press mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl.
• Combine 3 tablespoons olive oil, green onions, garlic, anchovy, and 1 pinch red pepper flakes in a cold plan. Place over medium heat. Cook and stir until garlic and onions just start to soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato mixture. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer stew until color deepens, about 10 minutes.
• Add halibut and shrimp to the stew. Season with salt. Increase heat to high. Cover pan and cook until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 5 minutes. Stir in parsley, basil, oregano, and rosemary. Pour stew into a warm bowl. Drizzle in remaining olive oil and sprinkle 1 pinch red pepper flakes on top. Serve with crusty bread.

QUICK FISH STEW

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp of the garlic butter in a saucepan and gently cook the onion for about 5 mins until soft. Tip in the chopped plum tomatoes and any juice from the can, the balsamic vinegar and chilli flakes. Crumble over the stock cube, add the peppers and potatoes. Season, then simmer for about 15 mins until the potatoes are just tender.
• Meanwhile, heat a grill to medium, mix the rest of the garlic butter with 1 tsp of parsley and some seasoning. Toast the bread lightly on both sides, then spread one side of each slice with the butter and return to the grill until melted and golden. Keep warm.
• Add the mixed seafood and fish to the sauce and heat through for about 5 mins until the seafood is hot and the fish is firm and cooked through. Scatter with remaining parsley and spoon into bowls. Top each with 2 slices of bread and serve with green beans, if you like.

IRISH FISHERMAN'S STEW

Steps:

• sprinkle thyme over both sides of fish.
• in a large saucepan cook fish in 1 tablespoon of hot oil.
• heat remaining oil and add onion and garlic and cook until tender.
• stir in flour and cook 1 minute.
• add chicken broth , stir in corn and potatoes.
• remove skin and bones from fish and add to pot.
• Simmer 35 minutes stirring often.

GREEK FISHERMAN'S STEW

Steps:

• Warm oil in a 4-quart saucepan or casserole over medium heat. Stir in onion and garlic and cook until soft but not brown. Add fennel and cook a few minutes, until softened. Stir in chile flakes. Add tomatoes and salt, cover and cook on medium about 10 minutes.
• Stir in wine and 2 1/2 cups water, bring to a simmer, add potatoes and cook another 6 minutes or so, until potatoes are tender. Check seasonings, adding salt and pepper to taste. Add lemon juice.
• Season fish pieces with salt and pepper, place them in the stew and simmer on low, covered, until fish is just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, warm 6 generous soup plates.
• When fish is done, remove it to the warm soup plates. Remove pot from heat, stir in basil, just to wilt it, and divide soup among the 6 plates. Serve spiced mayonnaise alongside if desired.

SIMPLE FISH STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan, add the fennel seeds, carrots, celery and garlic, and cook for 5 mins until starting to soften. Tip in the leeks, tomatoes and stock, season and bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 15-20 mins until the vegetables are tender and the sauce has thickened and reduced slightly.
• Add the fish, scatter over the prawns and cook for 2 mins more until lightly cooked. Ladle into bowls and serve with a spoon.