Portuguese Fisherman's Stew
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 generous pinch of saffron threads
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped leeks
- 1 cup coarsely chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 3 cups fish stock or bottled clam juice
- 1 14 1/2-ounce can diced tomatoes in juice
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 6 ounces linguica sausage or hot links, cut diagonally into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- 20 mussels, scrubbed, debearded
- 12 littleneck clams, scrubbed
- 4 5-ounce cod fillets
- Yellow cornmeal
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Bring wine to simmer in small saucepan.
- Add saffron.
- Remove from heat.
- Cover; let stand 15 minutes.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Add leeks and onion; saute until tender, about 8 minutes.
- Add garlic; saute 1 minute.
- Add stock, tomatoes with their juices, oregano and saffron mixture.
- Simmer 20 minutes.
- Add sausage, mussels and clams.
- Cover; boil until shellfish open, about 8 minutes (discard any that do not open).
- Meanwhile, dip 1 side of fish in cornmeal.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large nonstick skillet over high heat.
- Add fish, cornmeal side down, and cook until bottom is golden, about 4 minutes.
- Turn fish over.
- Ladle 1 cup of soup over.
- Cover and simmer until fish is just cooked through, about 4 minutes.
- Transfer fish, cornmeal side up, to 4 shallow bowls.
- Arrange clams, mussels and sausage around fish.
- Top with remaining soup.
- Sprinkle with parsley.
white wine, generous, olive oil, leeks, onion, garlic, fish stock, tomatoes, oregano, linguica sausage, mussels, littleneck clams, yellow cornmeal, parsley
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/portuguese-fishermans-stew-5714 (may not work)