CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Seafood, Meats, Dairy, Grains |
Chilean |
Fish & seaf, Sunset maga |
6 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
4 |
c |
Chicken broth |
1 |
c |
Sauvignon Blanc or other dry white wine |
1/2 |
c |
Whipping cream |
1 |
ts |
Fennel seed |
3/4 |
ts |
Fresh thyme leaves, or dried |
1 1/2 |
lb |
Potatoes, * see note |
2 |
|
Heads fennel, (3 1/2 to 4" wide) |
1/2 |
lb |
Mussels in shells |
3/4 |
lb |
Shrimp, (16-20 count) |
1 |
lb |
Chilean seabass |
INSTRUCTIONS
*Yukon Gold or other thin-skinned potatoes.
1. In a 6- to 8-quart pan, combine broth, wine, cream, fennel seed, and
thyme.
2. Peel potatoes and thinly slice into pan. Cover pan and turn heat to
high.
3. Trim tops from gennel and save the feathery greens. Trim off root ends,
bruised areas, and coarse fibers from sides of fennel. Rinse and thinly
slice fennel and add to soup. When mixture boils, reduce heat and simmer
until potatoes are very tender when pierced, about 20 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, rinse feathery fennel greens and chop.
5. Scrub mussels and pull off beards.
6. Shell, devein, and rinse shrimp.
7. Cut seabass into 1-inch chunks.
8. When potatoes are tender, add mussels. Cover and simmer 3 minutes. Add
shrimp and seabass and simmer until mussels open, 3 to 5 minutes more.
Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with reserved fennel greens.
Recipe by: Sunset Magazine, April 1997 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #563
by Rooby <MsRooby@sprintmail.com> on Apr 12, 1997
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