Garlicky Fish Stew From Corfu Recipes

MEDITERRANEAN FISH STEW WITH GARLIC TOASTS

Steps:

• To make the garlic toasts, drizzle the bread with oil, then griddle or grill until golden all over. While the toasts are still hot, rub them with garlic and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a wide, deep frying pan. Add the onion and cook over a gentle heat for 5 mins until softened. Stir through the garlic and chilli and cook a couple of mins more. Add the tomato purée and tomatoes. Turn up the heat and cook for 10-15 mins, stirring until the tomatoes are pulpy. Pour over the wine and cook for 10 mins more until most of it has boiled away.
• Add the fish stock and orange zest and heat until gently simmering. Nestle the halibut chunks into the liquid and cook for 5 mins. Add the clams and prawns and cook for 5 mins more until the fish is cooked through and the clams have opened (discard any that haven't). Sprinkle the parsley over the stew and serve with the garlic toasts.

CURRY FISH STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion, green onions, red chile pepper, and pimentos. Cook and stir until onions are tender, about 5 minutes. Mix in curry powder, and continue to cook and stir 2 to 5 minutes.
• Blend cream into the onion mixture, and simmer until thickened. Mix in cod, cooking 3 to 5 minutes, until easily flaked with a fork. Season with garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

GARLICKY FISH STEW FROM CORFU

Steps:

• 1. Heat the butter and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil together in a large stewing pot or Dutch oven. Add the onions and garlic and cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the potatoes, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring gently, until the potatoes are about half cooked, 10 to 12 minutes.
• 2. Place the fish in the pot over the potatoes, drizzle with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, and add enough water just to cover the fish. Season with salt and pepper. Place the lid partially over the pot and simmer over medium-low heat until the fish is flaky and the liquid almost gone, about 20 minutes. Adjust the seasoning, pour in the lemon juice, and garnish with chopped parsley. Serve hot.

BIANCO (GARLICKY FISH STEW FROM CORFU)

Steps:

• Heat the butter and one tablespoon of oil in a large stew pot or Dutch oven (large enough for you to spread fish out in a single layer--it's okay if they are crowded a bit).
• Add onions and garlic and cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until softened (about 5 minutes).
• Turn heat to medium high, add wine and bring to a boil, scraping up any bits from the bottom of the pan.
• Reduce heat to medium low and add potatoes, salt and pepper and cook for about 8 to ten minutes.
• Lay the fish fillets over the potatoes, drizzle with the remaining oil, and add just enough water to cover the fish.
• Season with salt and pepper, partially cover, and simmer until fish is flaky, potatoes are soft and the liquid largely reduced (depending upon thickness of fish, anywhere from ten to twenty minutes.
• Adjust seasoning, squeeze lemon over the fish and garnish with chopped parsley and lemon wedges.

CORFU STYLE GARLICKY FISH STEW

Steps:

• Heat the butter and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil together in a large stewing pot or Dutch oven. Add the onions and garlic and cook over medium low heat, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add the potatoes, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring gently, until the potatoes are about half cooked, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Place the fish in the pot over the potatoes, drizzle with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and add enough water just to cover the fish. Season with salt and pepper. Place the lid partially over the pot and simmer over medium low heat until the fish is flaky and the liquid almost gone, about 20 minutes.
• Adjust the seasoning, pour in the lemon juice and garnish with chopped parsley. Serve hot.

VEAL-AND-VEGETABLE STEW FROM CORFU

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the veal, onion, 1/4 cup of the wine, 1/4 cup of the oil, the garlic, bay leaf, rosemary and thyme. Toss well, cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Remove the veal from the marinade and pat dry with paper towels; reserve the marinade. In a large pot, heat the remaining 1/4 cup oil over high heat. Cook the veal in batches, turning until browned on all sides, and remove.
• Return all the veal to the pot and add the reserved marinade, celery, sliced fennel, carrots and 1/2 cup of the stock. Season lightly with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and cover the pot. Simmer, adding more stock as needed until the veal is very tender, about 1 hour.
• Uncover the pot, increase the heat to high and reduce the liquid until it is a thick sauce. Stir in remaining wine and butter. Cook for 2 minutes more. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary. Sprinkle with fennel fronds and serve.