Sicillian Style Fish Stew

Last week I made Sicilian Style Fish Stew, it didn’t quite turn out how I expected, but I will come to that later

Serves 2 – ready in 30 minutes (including prep)

Ingredients:

·         Olive oil

·         1 onion, halved and finely sliced

·         2 celery stalks, sliced

·         3 garlic cloves, sliced

·         1 anchovy, rinsed (this is an optional extra)

·         Pinch of chilli flakes

·         2 plum tomatoes, diced

·         125 ml white wine (another optional extra, if not using white add 125ml more of stock)

·         400 ml vegetable stock (a cube is fine it’s what I used)

·         50g cous cous

·         250g white fish fillet, from a sustainable source (I used coley, it was very tasty)

·         ½ lemon, zested

·         A handful of chopped parsley

Now for the How To:

·         Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a wide, shallow pan. Add the onion, celery, garlic, the anchovy (if you are using it) and the chilli flakes. Season and cook for 10 minutes

·         Add the tomatoes and cook for another couple of minutes.

·         Pour in the white wine (if using) and stock and bring to a boil, cook for two minutes.

·         Add the cous cous and turn down to a simmer and add the fish.

·         Cover with a lid and cook until the fish is done, about 5 – 7 minutes.

·         Divide between 2 dishes, breaking the fish into large pieces (or you can leave them as the fillets its personal choice) sprinkle over the lemon zest and parsley to finish. 

As I said at the start of the post, it wasn’t really what I expected, I thought it would be thick and with a lot of juice and more stew like, but I think I added too much of the cous cous and not enough of the stock, so instead of having a sauce with it, the cous cous absorbed all of the liquid leaving it with more just cous cous and fish, this being said it was still very tasty, the fish was very tender, and the cous cous which is normally really bland was full of flavour from the chilli, garlic and seasoning, it is worth trying the recipe but try not to make the same mistake I did so you have it more stew like.

What is your favourite recipe? Or what is your signature dish? Any suggestions what I should cook over the next few weeks?

Bye for Now! X