Fool-I-Ya-Baise Seafood Stew

Serves: 3

Olin Prosacco

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

46

Spice

49

Sweetness

51

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 medium

Onion (chopped)

1 tsps

Salt

1 cup

Olive Oil

Directions:

1

Heat a wide, heavy pot over medium high heat

2

Add 3 turns of the pan, about 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil

3

Add garlic, leeks, onions, celery and bay

4

Season with salt and pepper

5

Add thyme sprigs, orange peels and 2 handfuls parsley, reserving some chopped parsley for garnish

6

Stir to combine seasonings with vegetables

7

Saute vegetables 5 to 8 minutes, until leeks are tender, but still green

8

Add wine and stir in 1 to 2 minutes

9

Add chicken stock and tomatoes and stir well to combine

10

Arrange cut fish and scallops around the pan

11

Spoon soup stock over and around seafood

12

Season with salt and pepper

13

Cover pan and cook 10 to 12 minutes, until fish and scallops are opaque

14

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F

15

Spread baguette slices across a cookie sheet

16

Reserve at least 6 slices for rouille

17

Place sheet in oven to lightly toast sliced bread

18

For rouille, in a food processor, place 4 cloves garlic, drained roasted red peppers, and chile peppers or chili flakes

19

Tear the 6 pieces of the sliced baguette into pieces and arrange around the food processor bowl

20

Steal a ladle of the stock, about 1/4 cup, from fish stew as it cooks and pour it over the bread to moisten it

21

Pulse pepper and bread together, then turn processor on

22

Stream in about 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil in a slow, steady stream

23

When mixture is smooth and well combined, transfer to a small serving bowl

24

When fish and scallops are cooked through, arrange cooked seafood in shallow bowls

25

Stir soup and ladle it down and over seafood

26

Be on the lookout for bay leaves, thyme stems or orange peels and discard as you find them, while you are serving up stew

27

Garnish stew with remaining parsley

28

Serve fool-i-ya-baise with toasted bread rounds, which should be spread with rouille and set afloat on top of bowls of stew