New England Seaport Fishermans Stew Recipe 415

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• Regular cooking directions: Preparing the beans: Rinse, drain and pick over. Place in a bowl with 8 cups water and soak for 4 hours at room temperature. As a time-saving alternative, boil for 10 minutes and let stand for 2 hours. Drain beans and place in a 4 quart pot with 8 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer covered for 1 hour or more. While beans are simmering: In a 4 quart pot, sauté vegetable packet in melted butter, add flour and stir to coat. Add beef broth, V-8 juice and drained beans. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes, stir frequently. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add fish (cut into 1-inch pieces) or shrimp, with olives and sherry. Simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes. Slow Cooker Recipe Directions: Recommended slow cooker: 3-4 quart Preparing the beans the night before: Rinse, drain and pick over the beans. Place beans in a bowl with 2 quarts water, let stand on counter overnight. Assembling the soup in the morning (or the night before): In a medium saucepan sauté contents of vegetable packet in melted butter, add flour and stir to coat. Add beef broth, V-8 juice and stir. Transfer broth mixture to bowl of slow cooker. (May cover and refrigerate overnight.) Cooking the beans: Drain beans and stir into crock pot, cover and cook on HI for 7-8 hours. Add fish (cut into 1-inch pieces) or shrimp, olives and sherry. Continue on LOW one hour, and serve.

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• Combine tomatoes, red pepper flakes, and water in a measuring cup or bowl. Puree using an immersion blender until smooth.
• Cut sea bass into roughly 1 1/2-inch chunks to match the other seafood in size. Place fish, shrimp, calamari, mussels, and clams in individual dishes so they're ready to use.
• Melt butter and olive oil in a deep pan over medium-high heat. Add sliced fennel, garlic, and salt; cook and stir until garlic takes on color, about 1 minute. Stir in white wine. Let simmer until reduced by about 1/2, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in tomato broth base; bring to a boil. Continue to boil until fennel is tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Stir in parsley, bass, shrimp, and calamari. Add clams and mussels. Cover, increase heat to high, and cook until clam and mussel shells open and fish, shrimp, and calamari are opaque, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer to warm serving bowls. Garnish with reserved fennel fronds and serve.

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• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions, celery and garlic and cook until softened, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the wine and simmer until slightly reduced, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, parsley, crushed red pepper, thyme, salt and pepper and cook over medium heat for 12 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the cream.
• Bring 2 quarts water to a boil in a separate pot. Add the cod, mahi-mahi, shrimp and scallops and cook until cooked through and no longer translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and add to the stew.

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• In 4- to 5-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Cook shallots and bell pepper in oil 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add wine, basil, salt, pepper, garlic, tomatoes and bay leaf. Reduce heat to low; simmer uncovered 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Nestle fish pieces into tomato mixture; top with mussels. Cover; cook 8 minutes, gently shaking pan twice to stir mussels (do not lift lid), until mussel shells have opened. Discard any mussels that don't open. Remove bay leaf. Garnish with parsley.

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• Warm oil in a 4-quart saucepan or casserole over medium heat. Stir in onion and garlic and cook until soft but not brown. Add fennel and cook a few minutes, until softened. Stir in chile flakes. Add tomatoes and salt, cover and cook on medium about 10 minutes.
• Stir in wine and 2 1/2 cups water, bring to a simmer, add potatoes and cook another 6 minutes or so, until potatoes are tender. Check seasonings, adding salt and pepper to taste. Add lemon juice.
• Season fish pieces with salt and pepper, place them in the stew and simmer on low, covered, until fish is just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, warm 6 generous soup plates.
• When fish is done, remove it to the warm soup plates. Remove pot from heat, stir in basil, just to wilt it, and divide soup among the 6 plates. Serve spiced mayonnaise alongside if desired.