Best Spring Seafood Stew Recipes

SEAFOOD STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or stockpot, add the onions, potatoes, fennel, salt, and pepper, and saute over medium-low heat for 15 minutes, until the onions begin to brown. Add the wine and scrape up the brown bits with a wooden spoon. Add the tomatoes with their juices, stock, garlic, and saffron to the pot, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes, until the potatoes are tender. Add the shrimp, fish, and mussels, bring to a boil, then lower the heat, cover, and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the pot to sit covered for another 5 minutes. The fish and shrimp should be cooked and the mussels opened. Discard any mussels that don't open. Stir in the Pernod, orange zest, and salt, to taste. Serve ladled over 1 or 2 slices of toasted baguette.;
• Warm the oil in the pan over medium heat. Add the shrimp shells, onions, carrots, and celery over medium heat for 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook 2 more minutes. Add 1 1¿2 quarts of water, the white wine, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and thyme. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour. Strain through a sieve, pressing the solids. You should have approximately 1 quart of stock. If not, you can make up the difference with water or white wine.

SEAFOOD STEW

Steps:

• Heat a large Dutch oven or soup pot with a lid over medium heat. Add the olive oil, diced fennel and onion and season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, 1 minute more. Add the wine and simmer until most of the liquid is reduced, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes with their juice and simmer, uncovered, until the liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
• Add the lobster stock and bring to a simmer. Add the clams, cover and cook until the clams just begin to open, about 5 minutes. Once the first clam opens, add the cod, scallops and mussels and cover. Once the mussels open, the rest of the seafood should be cooked through and opaque, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with the reserved fennel fronds.

SPRING SEAFOOD STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large Dutch oven coated with cooking spray over medium heat.
• Add leek and garlic, cook 4 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add wine and broth, bring to a simmer; stir in shrimp and scallops; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, simmer 3 minutes or until shrimp and scallops are done.
• Remove shrimp and scallops from pan with a slotted spoon, keep warm.
• Bring broth mixture to a boil; cook 4 minutes; reduce heat to low Add butter, stirring constantly with a whisk.
• Stir in chopped tomato and remaining ingredients.
• Divide shrimp and scallops evenly among 4 soup bowls, spoon 3/4 cup broth mixture into each bowl.

SEAFOOD STEW

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the onion, red pepper and garlic in oil until tender. Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce, wine or broth, oregano, parsley, Worcestershire sauce and pepper flakes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. , Add the clams, shrimp and scallops. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 3 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and scallops are opaque.

SEAFOOD STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or stockpot, add the onions, potatoes, fennel, salt, and pepper, and saute over medium - low heat for 15 minutes, until the onions begin to brown. Add the wine and scrape up the brown bits with a wooden spoon. Add the tomatoes with their juices, stock, garlic, and saffron to the pot, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes, until the potatoes are tender. Add the shrimp, fish, and mussels, bring to a boil, then lower the heat, cover, and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the pot to sit covered for another 5 minutes. The fish and shrimp should be cooked and the mussels opened. Discard any mussels that don't open. Stir in the Pernod, orange zest, and salt to taste. Serve ladled over one or two slices of toasted baguette.