Sicilian Seafood Stew Recipes

SICILIAN-STYLE FISH STEW RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in 5-quart Dutch oven (like this one) over medium heat. Add onions, celery, and a little salt and pepper (about 1/2 tsp each). Cook, stirring regularly, until softened (about 4 minutes). Add thyme, red pepper flakes and garlic and cook briefly until fragrant (about 30 more seconds).
• Now, stir in the white wine and reserved tomato juice from can. Bring to a simmer, and cook until the liquid is reduced by about 1/2. Add the tomatoes, vegetable broth, raisins, and capers. Cook for 15-20 minutes over medium heat until flavors combine.
• Pat the fish dry and season lightly with salt and pepper. Insert the fish pieces into the cooking liquid, and give everything a gentle stir so that the fish pieces are nicely covered in the cooking liquid. Bring to a simmer and cook for another 5 minutes. Remove the Dutch oven from the heat and cover. Let sit off heat for another 4-5 minutes so that the fish will finish cooking. Fish should be flaky when gently pulled apart with a paring knife. Finally, stir in the chopped parsley.
• Ladle the hot fish stew into serving bowls, top each with a few toasted pine nuts, if you like. Serve with your favorite crusty bread! Enjoy!

SICILIAN SEAFOOD STEW

Steps:

• 1. In a Dutch oven, cook onion, celery and sweet peppers in olive oil over high heat about 5 minutes until tender, stirring constantly. Stir in garlic, basil, oregano, marjoram and crushed red pepper or ground red pepper.
• 2. Reduce heat, cover, and cook for 2 minutes. Add undrained tomatoes, clam juice, and wine. Simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.
• 3. Cut up any large scallops. Add scallops and shrimp to Dutch oven, cover, and cook about 3 minutes or until scallops and shrimp are opaque. Stir in the lemon juice.
• 4. To serve, ladle into bowls. If desired, garnish with lemon slices and fresh oregano.

SICILIAN SEAFOOD STEW

Steps:

• In a large pot, over high heat, saute onion in the olive oil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add in the celery and red and green bell peppers; stir and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add in the garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, oregano, basil, and marjoram; stir to mix.
• Reduce the heat, cover, and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add in the clam juice, tomatoes, and wine.
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add the scallops and shrimp; cook and stir for about 4 minutes or until the scallops are no longer opaque and the shrimp are pink.
• Add in the lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste; stir to combine.
• Ladle stew into individual serving bowls.
• Sprinkle capers and chopped black olives on top, if desired.

CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a very large pot over medium heat. Add the fennel, onion, shallots, and salt and saute until the onion is translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and 3/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes, and saute 2 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste. Add tomatoes with their juices, wine, fish stock and bay leaf. Cover and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until the flavors blend, about 30 minutes.
• Add the clams and mussels to the cooking liquid. Cover and cook until the clams and mussels begin to open, about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp and fish. Simmer gently until the fish and shrimp are just cooked through, and the clams are completely open, stirring gently, about 5 minutes longer (discard any clams and mussels that do not open). Season the soup, to taste, with more salt and red pepper flakes.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and serve.

SICILIAN FISH STEW WITH TOMATO AND PARSLEY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion and garlic and sauté 4 minutes. Add parsley and stir 2 minutes. Add tomato and cook 2 minutes longer. Add 1 1/3 cups cold water and dry white wine and simmer until fish is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Season stew to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls and serve.