Thread: Fish Recipes

Today, it was a fish stew

But first, preparing fish stock

Ingredients

1kg fish bones, chopped down into 5cm pieces and cleaned (I used a fish fillet)
1 leek, white parts only, chopped
1/2 fennel, chopped
1 stick of celery, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 garlic bulb
500ml of white wine
6 white peppercorns, (you can also use pink peppercorns for a more floral flavour)
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 sheet of kombu, (optional)
2 bay leaves
parsley stalks
1 handful of dill
1 handful of tarragon
2 slices of lemon

The fish stew. Tasted great.

What was needed……

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp fennel seeds
2 carrots, diced
2 celery sticks, diced
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 leeks, thinly sliced
400g can chopped tomatoes (made my own)
500ml hot fish stock, heated to a simmer
2 skinless pollock fillets (about 200g), thawed if frozen, and cut into chunks
85g raw shelled king prawns (I used shrimp)