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Waterzooi Van Vis – Flemmish Fish Stew

At a Glance

Prep
10 minutes
Cook
15 minutes
Total
25 minutes
Servings
2 serving(s)

Categories

  • Chowders
  • Main Course
  • Stews
  • Belgian
  • European
  • Stovetop
  • Easy

Allergens

  • Fish
  • Shellfish

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 2. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 441.1 per serving 882.2 for selected servings
Fat 7g per serving 14g for selected servings
Sugar 8.2g per serving 16.4g for selected servings
Protein 31.1g per serving 62.2g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 59.6g per serving 119.2g for selected servings

Similar to something I had in Brussels at a lunch spot. You stand at a bar and eat standing up. I didn't speak any of the languages and the waiter just brought me the daily specials. It was about 3 degrees and no one seemed to mind the cold except me who had just spent 6 months in the tropics!

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Equipment

Pan with lid, serving bowl

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons onions, finely diced
  • 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
  • 1/8 teaspoon saffron
  • 60 ml dry white wine
  • 250 ml fish stock
  • 225 g fish, sliced into 2cm dice
  • 225 g mussels, scrubbed and de-bearded
  • 115 g prawns
  • 1 carrot, julienned
  • 1 leek, julienned
  • 1 tomatoes, blanched, peeled, de-seeded and julienned
  • 1/2 celeriac, julienned
  • 6 spring onions, cut at a sharp diagonal into 6mm lengths
  • 2 potatoes, red, quartered and boiled in unsalted water for 6 minutes
  • 1 teaspoon parsley, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon tarragon
  • 1 teaspoon chervil
  • salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat the olive oil in a pan and use to fry the onion and garlic for 1 minute. Crumble in the saffron then add the wine and fish stock.

  2. Bring the mixture to a boil, add the seafood then cover and allow to steam for about 4 or 5 minutes, or until the mussels just begin to open.

  3. Add the vegetables, cover once more, and cook for a further 3 minutes. Discard any unopened mussels, add the ftarrogon, chervil and parsley, season to taste then transfer to a serving bowl and serve.

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