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Chances are that if you love seafood and have traveled in Spain, especially in the provinces of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona, you have at one point or another had an encounter with the dish featured here. It represents the philosophy of both old and new cooking styles one finds all over this area and in fact, in most parts of the Mediterranean coastline – a few first-class ingredients cooked without fuss and pronto- Life is Good !
A wonderful meal, ideally shared with great company and a glass (or two) of the local wine, and, if on top of that you are lucky enough to sit in a cozy little restaurant by the sea, life is as good as it gets.
Somebody gifted me with a small bag of mussels on Sunday, which by itself would have made a great appetizer. But because I always have shrimp in the freezer (today I had two different types, small/ peeled,/ tail-off and large/ tail-on), and because I wanted to have something a bit more substantial for dinner, I thought this seafood stew would do the trick. And indeed, it did 🙂
Great taste, easy on the eyes and a snap to prepare, both Bella and I were completely happy with the way this turned out 🙂
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Bon Appétit ! Life is Good !
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P.S.
Since I don’t drink/use alcohol, I have started to use apple cider as a substitute where wine is called for.
Works out great for most dishes, both in the food and with the food 🙂 Cheers !
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Preparation :
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- saute 1 ea large diced onion and 9 ea whole garlic cloves (confit) in 4 tblsp olive oil
- when the onions are translucent, add 1/2 cup blanched diced celery stalkes and 1/2 cup diced bell peppers, saute another minute
- add 2 lbs raw shrimp, season with kosher salt and cayenne pepper to taste
- saute shrimp until halfway-cooked
- add 2 cup tomato sauce, 1 tblsp chopped toasted almonds, 1 tblsp chili flakes, 2 tblsp sweet Spanish paprika and a few threads of saffron
- add two lbs of well-cleaned mussels, 1 bunch chopped parsley, 1/4 cup sherry (or substitude) and 1 cup clam juice
- bring stew to a simmer, turn off heat, cover and let steep for 5 minutes, check, adjust seasoning, remove and discard any unopened mussels, sprinkle with more chopped parsley and small capers; serve with pita bread or grilled sour dough bread, serves 2
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
- Catalan Shrimp & Mussels Stew
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I like the added capers. I have some *massive* shrimp that would be great for this. Be nice if I could find some fresh mussels.
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John,
if you substitute fresh with large frozen New Zealand green lip you should be fine 🙂
Cheers !
Hans
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Bella is such a 🍀 girl to be with such a 👍 chef and loving master. Bon appetitte to you both; the shrimps and mussels would have been a great dinner for me!!! ❤️ Spanish 🥘!
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That looks really good.
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