Steamed Seafood Medley

MEDITERRANEAN SEAFOOD MEDLEY

Steps:

• Soak squid in milk for 1 to 5 hours; the longer the better. When the squid has finished soaking, strain, and discard the milk.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, onions, carrots, tomatoes, and diced fennel. Cook and stir until the vegetables soften, about 10 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, and cook an additional 10 minutes. Pour in wine, and increase heat to high. Once the mixture comes to a boil, add the chicken stock, parsley, tarragon, thyme, bay leaves, peppercorns, and saffron. Return to a boil, then reduce heat to medium, and simmer until the liquid has reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 15 minutes. Strain out the liquid, and discard the solids.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in garlic, and cook until fragrant, about 45 seconds. Add sun-dried tomatoes and fennel; cook for 2 minutes. Pour in the strained saffron broth and chopped thyme; increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Place oysters on top of the fennel, cover, and cook for 1 minute. Set the clams and mussels into the pot, cover, and cook until the shellfish begin to open, about 4 minutes. Stir in the drained squid, recover, and cook for 1 minute, just until the squid firms.
• While the shellfish are cooking, season the sea bass fillets with salt and pepper. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place fish into skillet, skin-side down. Cover, and cook until the skin is crispy and the flesh of the fish has firmed and is no longer translucent.
• Pour the fennel-seafood mixture onto a serving platter and place the sea bass fillets on top. Garnish with parsley sprigs and serve.

SEAFOOD MIX IN CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat one tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season the seafood with half the kosher salt and black pepper.
• When the butter starts foaming, add the seafood to the skillet and cook, stirring often, until just cooked through and no longer translucent, about 3 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the seafood to a plate, cover with foil, and set aside.
• Pour the liquids out of the skillet, wipe it clean with paper towels (careful, it's hot), and add the remaining butter. Reduce the heat to medium.
• When the butter starts foaming, add the garlic to the skillet. Sauté, stirring, until fragrant, 30-60 seconds, depending on how hot your skillet is.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low. Add the cream, the cayenne pepper, and the remaining kosher salt and black pepper. Bring to a gentle simmer, stirring. This should take about 1 minute.
• Add the Parmesan cheese and gently stir until melted, about 30 seconds.
• Add the seafood back to the skillet. Gently stir to combine with the sauce and to reheat, about 1 more minute. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

SEAFOOD MEDLEY IN GARLIC WINE SAUCE - RECIPE

Steps:

• Thaw and drain the seafood medley if frozen.
• Set aside until ready to cook.
• Set a heavy bottomed pan over medium heat. (I used my cast iron pan and it worked perfectly.)
• Add the olive oil and let it warm up.
• Add the garlic and lower the heat. Let the garlic cook but not fry for about 5 minutes. You do not want it to start turning brown or to burn or it will get bitter.
• After the garlic has cooked add the white wine and turn the heat back up to medium and reduce the wine by half.
• Add the lemon juice and Thai basil. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
• Add the seafood and cook just until the shrimp turn pink about 5 minutes.
• Carefully remove the cooked seafood and set aside. Let the broth in the pan continue to cook on low heat.
• Mix the softened butter with the flour to make a very thick paste for lack of a better word.
• Bring the pan sauce to a simmer and using a wire whisk take about a third of the butter/flour paste and quickly stir it into the sauce to thicken it.
• Do so twice more until all of the paste is absorbed.
• Add the sherry and cook for about a minute.
• Carefully add the cooked seafood back into the pan and stir gently.
• Lower the heat and cook for about a minute until it is warmed through.
• Serve the seafood and its sauce over the hot Jasmine rice with your vegetable of choice.

SEAFOOD MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, bring the water, lemon juice and salt to a boil. Reduce heat; carefully add fillets and cook, uncovered, for 4 minutes. Add shrimp; cook for 3 minutes. Add scallops; cook 3-4 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork, shrimp turn pink and scallops are firm and opaque. Strain, reserving 1-1/2 cups cooking liquid., In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, bouillon, mustard and pepper until smooth. Gradually add cream and reserved liquid. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the cheese and seafood mixture; heat through. Serve with pasta.

STEAMED SEAFOOD MEDLEY

Steps:

• Line a 6-inch bamboo steamer basket with kaffir lime leaves and orange slices; top with tilapia fillets. Season with salt and pepper; set aside.
• Line a separate 6-inch bamboo steamer basket with cilantro, grapefruit slices, and 2 scallions; top with shrimp. Season with salt and pepper; set aside.
• Line another 6-inch bamboo steamer basket with lemon slices and 2 scallions; top with clams. Season with salt and pepper; set aside.
• Line a final 6-inch bamboo steamer basket with parsley and lime slices; top with mussels. Season with salt and pepper; set aside.
• Fill a large skillet with enough water to reach a depth of 1/2 inch; bring to a simmer. Place the steamer baskets into skillet, one on top of the other, beginning with the fish and followed by the shrimp, clams, and mussels. Cook until mussels have opened, 4 to 6 minutes; remove mussels from stack. Cook until remaining seafood is cooked through, about 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Serve bamboo steamers stacked on a plate along with desired sauces.

SEAFOOD MEDLEY WITH LINGUINE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion in butter and oil until tender.Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add wine. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced to 1/2 cup. Add the tomatoes, rosemary, sugar, oregano, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes., Meanwhile, cook linguine according to package directions. Add scallops and shrimp to tomato mixture; cook for 4-5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and scallops are opaque. Stir in parsley. , Drain linguine. Serve seafood mixture with linguine; garnish with cheese if desired.

EASY FROZEN SEAFOOD MIX RECIPE

Steps:

• Pour cold water into a pan or a large saucepan. There is a ratio to boiling seafood: have 2 liters of water for every 1 kilo of seafood mix. Let the water boil on high heat.
• When water boils, add salt (0.5-1 teaspoon for 2 liters) and your favorite seasoning and herbs (bay leaves, pepper, parsley, etc.). Let the mixture boil for a minute for herbs to release their flavoring, and then add seafood mix into a pot.
• When water reboils, lower the heat on the stove and cook seafood medley for acquired time. See info above.
• When seafood mix is ready, get it out from boiling water with tongs or drain them with the help of a colander. Now you can add them to any sauces, pasta, or salad.