From jessyej@pc.jaring.my Fri Nov 30 15:17:01 2001 Date: 30 Nov 2001 13:09:56 GMT From: Stef Glassie Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Subject: Fish Stew Followup-To: rec.food.cooking, rec.food.recipes Organization: Malaysia Message-ID: <9u1l3n$6su$2@news6.jaring.my> Fish Stew Last week-end, I had my father over for dinner. He is, as you already might have noticed, an exceptionally good amateur cook, so it is always a challenge to prepare something to his liking. I succeeded this time :-) * 1 large pan, cast iron if possible 20 gr Irish butter (well, doesn't really need to be Irish of course) 2 medium-sized onions, finely chopped 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 500 gr pomodori or regular tomatoes, skinless, seedless and chopped 1.5 dl of dry white wine 4 dl of fish stock (be sure to get the best quality you can find (and never use stock cubes); even better: make it yourself) a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil 200 gr breakfast bacon ( the supermarket version), thinly sliced and cut in pieces of about 2/3 cm 300 gr firm potatoes, chopped in cubes of about 2 cm 800 gr to 1 kilo of firm white fish (whatever you fancy or can get; I mostly use monk fish) black pepper to taste In the large pan, melt the butter on low heat and, for a few minutes, gently fry onion and garlic until they are soft. Add thyme and give everything a gentle stir; add tomatoes, white wine and fish stock, turn on the heat and bring to the boil. Bring down the heat again, put a lid on and let this simmer for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, fry the bacon in a drizzle of olive oil and put it on kitchen paper to dry. Do not let it get too crispy. Let the potatoes cook in boiling water for about 10 minutes (or more if needed) until they are still firm, but are almost done. Drain them and add to the stew. About five minutes later, add fish and bacon and leave the stew at simmering point for 5 to 10 minutes more, until the fish is done. Serve immediately. Source : http://www.javabit.com , Recipe 132 Author : Eli Poppe poppe@imec.be Preparation Time :1h 45minutes Serves :4 http://www.javabit.com : Cook, Photograph, Submit and ... Win a Free Recipe Book : 'Savouring the East!' -- Rec.food.recipes is moderated; only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please send recipes, requests, questions or comments to Moderator Patricia Hill at recipes@rt66.com Please allow several days for your submission to appear.