Seafood Stew
- 8 cups cold water
- 3 lb mixed small whole (1/4- to 3/4-lb) white-fleshed fish (such as black bass, branzino, daurade, red snapper, and rouget), cleaned and filleted with skin, reserving heads and bones for stock
- 2 thin carrots, thinly sliced
- 1 celery rib, thinly sliced
- 1 medium onion, halved and thinly sliced, plus 1 large onion, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1 baguette
- 2 lb baby squid, cleaned
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 flat anchovy fillets, minced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon crumbled dried small hot red chile such as peperoncini or dried hot red pepper flakes
- 1 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 cup dry white wine
- Bring water to a simmer with reserved fish heads and bones, carrots, celery, sliced onion, and peppercorns in a wide heavy 6- to 8-quart pot, then simmer, uncovered, skimming foam as necessary, 30 minutes. Pour stock through a large sieve into a large bowl, pressing on and then discarding solids. (You will have about 6 cups stock.)
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325u0b0F.
- Cut baguette into 1/2-inch-thick slices, then arrange in 1 layer in an ungreased shallow baking pan. Bake until toasts are crisp and dry, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Chop enough squid to measure 1/4 cup, then toss remaining whole squid with 3/4 teaspoon salt and set aside. Remove any pin bones from fish fillets with tweezers or needlenose pliers, then cut fillets diagonally into serving pieces and sprinkle with 3/4 teaspoon salt.
- Cook chopped onion in oil with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt in cleaned pot over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 8 minutes. Add anchovy, garlic, hot chile, and tomato paste and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Add chopped squid and 1/2 cup parsley and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add wine and boil, stirring occasionally, until reduced by half, 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1 cup stock, then arrange whole squid in 1 layer in pot and then place fish fillets on top.
- Add enough of remaining stock to just cover fish and cook over moderate heat, uncovered, until fillets are just cooked through, 2 to 5 minutes.
- Serve stew over toasts in shallow soup plates and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons parsley.
cold water, mixed small, thin carrots, celery, onion, black peppercorns, baguette, baby squid, salt, olive oil, anchovy, garlic, hot red, tomato paste, parsley, white wine
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/seafood-stew-231190 (may not work)