Name: Mediterranean fish stew with garlic toasts
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 large onion sliced; 2 garlic cloves sliced; 1 red chilli finely chopped; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 1kg tomatoes roughly chopped; 200ml white wine; 350ml fish stock; 3 strips orange zest; 1kg skinless halibut fillets, cut into large chunks; 500g clams; 400g large raw prawns; handful flat-leaf parsley chopped; 1 large ciabatta loaf, cut into 1cm slices; 5 tbsp olive oil; 2 garlic cloves halved

Mediterranean fish stew with garlic toasts

3 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion
sliced
2 garlic cloves
sliced
1 red chilli
finely chopped
2 tbsp tomato purée
1kg tomatoes
roughly chopped
200ml white wine
350ml fish stock
3 strips orange zest
1kg skinless halibut
fillets, cut into large chunks
500g clams
400g large raw prawns
handful flat-leaf parsley
chopped

For the garlic toasts

1 large ciabatta
loaf, cut into 1cm slices
5 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves
halved

Method

step 1
To make the garlic toasts, drizzle the bread with oil, then griddle or grill until golden all over. While the toasts are still hot, rub them with garlic and set aside.
step 2
Heat the oil in a wide, deep frying pan. Add the onion and cook over a gentle heat for 5 mins until softened. Stir through the garlic and chilli and cook a couple of mins more. Add the tomato purée and tomatoes. Turn up the heat and cook for 10-15 mins, stirring until the tomatoes are pulpy. Pour over the wine and cook for 10 mins more until most of it has boiled away.
step 3
Add the fish stock and orange zest and heat until gently simmering. Nestle the halibut chunks into the liquid and cook for 5 mins. Add the clams and prawns and cook for 5 mins more until the fish is cooked through and the clams have opened (discard any that haven’t). Sprinkle the parsley over the stew and serve with the garlic toasts.