Fish Stew from Setubal, Portugal

[Portugal Dream Coast]

Are you ready to an excelent plate at lunch? A caldeirada, a traditional Portuguese fish stew, can consist of seafood (caldeirada de marisco), salted codfish (caldeirada de bacalhao) or any fish of your choice.

 

Ingredients (besides the fish):

4 large potatoes, 4 cloves of garlic, 1 large onion, 3 large tomatos, 1 red and 1 greene pepper, Olive oil, White wine, Sea salt, Coriander

 

Preparation:

 

Take a large pot, cut the fish into big lumps (including the heads, tails and bones, don’t throw away the good parts). Cut the potatoes, tomatoes, garlic and onions into thin slices, cut the peppers into cubes.

Drizzle some olive oil in the pan and start ‘building up’ the caldeirada. Place the slices of potatoes in the pot, the slices of tomato, the peppers, garlic and onion and finally a third of the fish, some sea salt and coriander. Then start with the second layer, repeating the entire process untill all ingredients are used up. Top with some extra sea salt, coriander, olive oil and white wine.

Don’t save on the olive oil cooking the caldeirada in oil gives it the rich typical taste. Place the (closed) pot on a low fire, and let the caldeirada simmer ‘till all the ingredients are cooked (about 45 minutes/).

 

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[Ed Wetschler]

I like the fact that this recipe doesn't pin us down to a specific kind of fish. About how much fish would you use in proportion to the other ingredients mentioned here? Ditto, olive oil and white wine? 

P.S. This recipe makes me miss Portugal. Thanks for posting.