World Flavors Cookbook

Zarzuela de Pescado

A luxurious Catalan seafood stew featuring a variety of fish and shellfish in a rich nut-thickened sauce.

Cuisine: Spain

Ingredients

• Assorted fish (monkfish, hake), mussels, prawns, squid
• Onions, tomatoes, garlic, brandy
• Picada: toasted almonds, garlic, parsley, saffron, fried bread

Instructions

1. Sauté seafood briefly and set aside. Make a sofrito with onion and tomato.
2. Deglaze with brandy. Add fish stock and simmer.
3. Grind the picada ingredients into a paste and stir into the stew.
4. Return the seafood to the pan and cook for 5 minutes. Serve hot.