Serves 4
The stew tastes better if it sits for several hours. Make the tomato-based sauce and simmer the potatoes, then cool and refrigerate for at least several hours and for up to 1 day before reheating and cooking the fish.
2 | tablespoons olive oil |
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2 | teaspoons Spanish smoked paprika or sweet paprika |
2 | cups whole peeled tomatoes, crushed in a bowl |
Salt and pepper, to taste | |
3 | cups chicken stock |
1 | cup water |
Handful fresh lemon thyme or regular thyme sprigs (chop half, leave half on the stems) | |
12 | fingerling or other small yellow potatoes, thickly sliced |
1½ | pounds firm-fleshed white fish (cod, halibut, haddock, hake, sea bass), cut into 3-inch pieces |
½ | pound shrimp, peeled |
1 | tablespoon chopped fresh parsley |
1. In a large flameproof casserole over medium heat, heat the oil. Add the paprika and cook, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes, salt, and pepper, and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the chicken stock, water, and thyme sprigs. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat, cover the pan, and simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Add the potatoes, cover, and simmer for 12 minutes or until almost cooked through.
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3. Add the fish and spoon the sauce over it. Cover and cook for 8 minutes or until it is almost cooked through. Add the shrimp, spoon sauce over it, and cover the pan. Cook 2 minutes more or until the fish and shrimp are cooked through. Discard thyme sprigs. Ladle into large shallow bowls and sprinkle with chopped thyme and parsley.
Sheryl Julian