Seafood and Fish Cataplana Recipe (Portuguese Cuisine)
Autor: Damián Serrano Personas: 4 Tiempo: Dificultad: Fácil
Ingredientes
- 4 slices of fish (choice of: conger eel, monk-fish, hake …)
- 8 large shrimp
- 12 large mussels
- 250 g of clams
- Fresh parsley
- Fresh cilantro or coriander
- Sweet paprika
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 large onions
- 1 red pepper
- 1 green pepper
- 2 or 3 fresh or canned tomatoes
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 dash of white wine
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Elaboración
- A few hours before starting, dip clams in salted cold water to remove the sand out of them.
- Wash the mussels under cold water, remove the beards and white parts stuck to the shells.
- Peel and wash the onions. Cut them into julienne.
- Wash the peppers and remove the stem. Cut them into julienne.
- Wash the tomatoes and remove the stem. Cut them into pieces.
- Rinse parsley and cilantro. Dry them well and chop the leaves finely.
- Peel the garlic and crush it slightly.
- Put the cataplana on the stove, add 4 to 6 tablespoons of olive oil. With this oil brush the walls.
- Place a layer at the bottom with half of the onions. Season with salt to taste. Add the bay leaves, the crushed garlic and pepper.
- Then distribute the clams and fish slices. Season with salt and paprika to taste and sprinkle with parsley and cilantro.
- Over the fish, distribute the pieces of tomato, pepper and remaining onion. Season with salt to taste.
- Place the mussels and shrimps on top. Season to taste and sprinkle with remaining parsley and cilantro.
- Finally add a dash of white wine.
- Put the lid on the cataplana and put it on medium heat for half an hour, until all the ingredients are released their juices.
- It is done. Serve immediately to prevent the fish to dry. Enjoy!
Sugerencias, trucos y consejos
- You can vary the fish and seafood as you wish. For example add monk fish or salmon or prawns or even crab legs.
- After half an hour, check whether vegetables and fish are cooked. If they are still a little raw, cook a little longer. The vegetables should not be completely cooked.
- If you use a glass of “vinho verde” white wine is much better. The “vinho verde” is a variety of Portuguese wine.
- You can also accompany this seafood cataplana with a glass of the very “vinho verde”.
- You can reuse the broth to cook rice for example, or making seafood soup. Or even Japanese noodles, why not?
- There are many other recipes for cataplana. A very well known is pork with clams [1]. Do not miss the blog updates!