Fish Stew With Herbed Toasts Recipes

Steps:

• Heat broiler with rack 8 inches from heating element. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add carrots, celery, 3 tablespoons shallot, and 3 thyme sprigs; season with salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are golden in spots, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and juice; simmer, breaking up tomatoes into bite-size pieces, until liquid is mostly evaporated, about 5 minutes. Stir in clam juice and fish; return to a simmer. Remove from heat.
• Spread remaining 2 tablespoons butter over bread. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon shallot and thyme leaves from 2 sprigs; season with salt and pepper. Place atop fish. Broil until fish is just cooked through and bread is toasted, about 2 minutes (if bread is darkening too quickly, move skillet to lower rack); serve.

Steps:

• To make the garlic toasts, drizzle the bread with oil, then griddle or grill until golden all over. While the toasts are still hot, rub them with garlic and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a wide, deep frying pan. Add the onion and cook over a gentle heat for 5 mins until softened. Stir through the garlic and chilli and cook a couple of mins more. Add the tomato purée and tomatoes. Turn up the heat and cook for 10-15 mins, stirring until the tomatoes are pulpy. Pour over the wine and cook for 10 mins more until most of it has boiled away.
• Add the fish stock and orange zest and heat until gently simmering. Nestle the halibut chunks into the liquid and cook for 5 mins. Add the clams and prawns and cook for 5 mins more until the fish is cooked through and the clams have opened (discard any that haven't). Sprinkle the parsley over the stew and serve with the garlic toasts.