Spanish Style Fish Food

CALDO DE PESCADO (SPANISH FISH SOUP)

Steps:

• In a medium stockpot, heat olive oil over medium-low heat. Add onions and garlic and saute stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add stock or water, wine, bay leaves, and cumin. Bring to a boil and immediately reduce heat to low; simmer gently for 10 minutes.
• Add potatoes, tomatoes, and saffron; cover and cook until potatoes are very tender, about 25 minutes. Remove from heat. With a slotted spoon, transfer half the potato mixture to a food processor or food mill. Add paprika; puree Stir puree back into soup; add salt and pepper.
• Bring soup to a slow simmer over medium-low heat. Add red peppers and fish; cook until peppers are tender and fish is cooked through, about 5 to 7 minutes. Divide among bowls and serve garnished with parsley.

ONE-PAN SPANISH FISH STEW

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix the parsley with ½ the garlic and lemon zest, then set aside. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large sauté pan. Throw in the onion and potatoes, cover the pan, then sweat everything for about 5 mins until the onion has softened. Add the remaining oil, garlic and spices, then cook for 2 mins more.
• Pour over the lemon juice and sizzle for a moment. Add the tomatoes, ½ a can of water and crumble in the stock. Season with a little salt, then cover the pan. Simmer everything for 15-20 mins until the potatoes are just cooked.
• Stir through the prawns and chickpeas, then nestle the fish chunks into the top of the stew. Reduce the heat and recover the pan, then cook for about 8 mins, stirring very gently once or twice. When the fish is just cooked through, remove from the heat, scatter with the parsley mix, then bring the dish to the table with the bottle of olive oil for drizzling over and some crusty bread, if you want.

SPANISH COD

Steps:

• Heat butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onions and garlic until onions are slightly tender, being careful not to burn the garlic. Add tomato sauce and cherry tomatoes, and bring to a simmer. Stir in green olives and marinated vegetables, and season with black pepper, cayenne pepper, and paprika. Cook fillets in sauce over medium heat for 5 to 8 minutes, or until easily flaked with a fork. Serve immediately.

BAKED FISH, SPANISH STYLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• If fish is large, cut into 6 serving portions. Arrange fish in ungreased 8x8-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with green pepper rings, tomato slices, and onion slices.
• Mix together the lemon juice, oil and garlic. Pour seasoned lemon juice over fish. Cover.
• Bake in oven at 375°F for 15 minutes. Uncover and cook until fish flakes easily with fork, about 10 to 15 minutes more.
• Garnish with lemon slices, and serve hot.

SPANISH FISH

Steps:

• Brush oil onto bottom of a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish; top with onion and pimientos. Pat fish dry. Combine the salt, mace, cayenne and pepper; sprinkle over both sides of fish. , Arrange fish over onions and pimientos. Top each fillet with a tomato slice; sprinkle with mushrooms and green onions. Pour wine over fish and vegetables., In a nonstick skillet, melt butter; add bread crumbs. Cook and stir over medium heat until lightly browned. Sprinkle over fish. , Cover and bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake 20-25 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

SPANISH-STYLE FISH

Steps:

• Cut the fish into semi-small pieces; sauté the fish in heated olive oil until golden-brown; stir in onions, shallots, garlic, tomatoes, cayenne, saffron, and salt.
• Simmer, uncovered, for about 40 minutes; season with fresh-ground pepper and a small handful of tarragon just before serving.

SPANISH-STYLE GRILLED FISH

Steps:

• Preheat a grill to medium high. Combine 1 sliced onion, 1/2 cup olive oil, the vinegar, garlic, lemon slices, scallions, 1 1/2 tablespoons paprika, the cayenne, rosemary, thyme and 2 teaspoons salt in a large bowl. Set aside at room temperature, 1 hour.
• Spread the remaining 3 sliced onions in a large disposable roasting pan. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with 1/2 tablespoon paprika and 1 teaspoon salt.
• Combine the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1/2 tablespoon paprika in a small bowl. Rinse the fish and pat dry. Rub all over with the olive oil-paprika mixture. Stuff the cavity super full with the marinated onion-herb mixture, adding anything that doesn't fit to the disposable pan.
• Brush the grill grates generously with vegetable oil. Sprinkle the fish on one side with 1/2 teaspoon salt; place salt-side down on the grill and cook until charred on the bottom, 4 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt; gently flip and cook until the other side is charred, 4 to 5 more minutes. Transfer the fish to a baking sheet and let rest, uncovered, 10 minutes. Meanwhile, transfer the disposable pan with the onions to the grill. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions begin to soften, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove the pan with the onions and reduce the grill heat to medium (if using a charcoal grill, break up the coals to reduce the heat). Add the fish to the pan, belly-side down, making sure you don't spill the stuffing (use your hands to hold him together). Once he is settled, push more onions around him to prop him up. Add 3/4 cup water to the pan; place on the grill, cover and cook until the flesh is opaque, firm and slightly flaky, 20 to 25 minutes.
• To serve, use a large spoon to pull the flesh from the bones-it will fall off easily. Serve with the grilled onion mixture.
• Duff says to make sure you save the fish cheeks for your favorite friend at the table-they're sweet and tender.

SPANISH STYLE BAKED FISH

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180 c or Gas mark 6
• Peel and dry potatoes. Toss with onions, peppers and garlic in the oil in a shallow dish. Roast for 45 minutes.
• Scatter olives and bay leaves over the mixture. Sit fish on top.
• Mix pesto and lemon juice and put on top of the fish/vegetables. Roast for further 15 minutes
• Serve with a salad.

SPANISH-STYLE RICE WITH CHICKEN AND SEAFOOD (RIZ à LA VALENCIENNE)

Steps:

• Squeeze juice from 1 lemon half into a bowl of cold water. Cut off and discard stems of 1 whole artichoke and cut off top 1 1/2 inches of leaves. Bend back outer leaves until they snap off close to base and discard several more layers of leaves in same manner until exposed leaves are pale green at top and yellow at base. Trim dark green fibrous parts from base and sides with a sharp paring knife, then quarter artichoke lengthwise. Rub cut surfaces with other lemon half, and drop artichoke into water. Trim remaining artichokes in same manner.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and simmer fresh artichokes until just tender, 10 to 12 minutes. (Do not cook thawed artichokes.) Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. When cool enough to handle, scoop out choke with a spoon.
• Cook beans in same pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Drain in a colander, then rinse under cold running water to stop cooking. Pat dry.
• Cook clams and mussels in wine in a large heavy pot over moderately high heat, covered, stirring occasionally, 4 to 10 minutes, checking shellfish frequently after 4 minutes and transferring to a bowl as they open (mussels will open before clams). Discard any unopened mussels after 8 minutes and any unopened clams after 10 minutes. Keep warm, covered. Pour shellfish cooking liquid through a fine sieve lined with a paper towel into a large glass measure and add enough water to make 2 cups.
• Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper. Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons oil in paella pan over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown chicken well all over, about 15 minutes. Transfer with slotted spoon to a plate.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Cook onion in 1 1/2 tablespoons oil in pan over moderate heat, stirring, until softened, about 6 minutes. Add garlic and paprika and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring, 1 minute, then stir in tomatoes.
• Add seafood cooking liquid, chicken broth, and chicken with juices and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil, gently stirring and frequently rotating pan, until rice has absorbed most of liquid and spoon leaves a path exposing bottom of pan when pulled through rice, about 15 minutes.
• Remove pan from heat and tuck clams and mussels into rice. Bake riz in middle of oven, uncovered, until a crust forms around edge of pan, liquid is absorbed, and chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes.
• While riz is baking, heat remaining tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then saut bell peppers until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Add green beans and artichokes (cooked fresh or thawed) and sauté just until heated through. Season with salt and pepper.
• Tuck vegetables into riz and let stand 10 minutes before serving.

BACALAO A LA VIZCAINA - SPANISH-STYLE SALT COD IN BATTER

Steps:

• Begin soaking the whole piece of salt cod in water three days prior to the day you want to prepare the dish
• Replace the water daily and be sure to cover the salt cod completely. Place it into the refrigerator while it's soaking
• Puree the onion, garlic, tomato and water in a food processor until a fine consistency
• Pour a tablespoon of oil into a large frying pan and add the tomato sauce, herbs, Espelette pepper and achiote.
• Simmer the sauce while preparing and cooking the cod
• Drain, rinse, pat dry and then cut the salt cod into pieces about 3 x 3 inches square. The sizes of the pieces will vary based on the shape of the fish
• Sprinkle the fish with two tablespoons of flour and pepper
• Separate egg whites and beat until stiff
• Beat egg yolks until creamy
• Combine egg whites, egg yolks, two tablespoons of flour, achiote and pepper, beating for a minute or two until batter is creamy
• Heat five tablespoons of oil in a frying pan until it reaches a medium high temperature
• Dip each piece of salt cod in batter and fry in oil until browned (3 minutes), then remove and allow it to drain on paper towels.
• Repeat until all the fish is cooked. Try to work quickly so the batter doesn't begin to separate.
• Place the fish in the tomato sauce and add the potatoes and olives
• Cover and heat thoroughly at a medium temperature (5-10 minutes)
• Sprinkle with parsley and serve

SPANISH FISH IN A SACK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Rip off 4 sheets of parchment paper, each a little over a foot long.
• Place 1/4 of the green beans in the center of each sheet then top with 2 anchovy fillets -- optional, 1/4 of the garlic, 1/4 of the pimiento or roasted pepper strips, chopped olives and cod or snapper portions. Season the fish with salt and pepper and top with equal amounts of the scallions and parsley. Drizzle extra-virgin olive oil liberally and equally along with lemon zest and juice evenly over the fish portions. Fold the top and bottom edges together and crease several times then crease up the ends of the packets, making a sack for each fish to cook in. Arrange the sacks on the baking sheet and place in the center of the hot oven.
• Bake packets 20 minutes. Serve a packet per dinner plate and cut open at table. Pass salad or Potatoes with Chorizo and Onions or even simply some good, chewy bread to round out the meal.
• Heat a medium skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, and the chorizo. Cook sausage 2 minutes, flip cook another minute then add potatoes and onions to the pan in an even layer over the sausage. Season the potatoes and onions with salt, pepper and paprika then turn sections of the potatoes using a spatula so that the chorizo is on top and potatoes and onions are on the bottom. Place a smaller skillet on top and press down. Weight the skillet with a few heavy cans. Cook 10 to 12 minutes. Remove weight and turn again to combine all ingredients. Cook another 3 to 4 minutes then add parsley, remove from heat and serve.