My Attempt To Cook: Caccuicco Stewed Seafood

 

We had an Italian dinner last night and decided to have garden salad, wholemeal spaghetti aglio olio and caccuicco stewed seafood. Eeek! I didn't expect the cooking would take 2 long hours! The actual cooking time was pretty quick but the preparation was exhausting. After everything have been prepared I was too damn tired to eat.

I love stews! Specially those tomato based. They give me comfort. So, here's how I did it.

Ingredients:

1kg assorted seafood (fish fillet, shellfish, squid, prawns, etc.)

1/3 cup olive oil

1 medium sized onion, chopped

1 carrots, cut into strips

1/2 cup parsley, finely chopped

3 cloves garlic, chopped

3 big tomatoes, blanched, peeled, seeded and chopped

2 tbs red wine vinegar (an alternative can be apple cider vinegar)

3/4 cups water

chili pepper flakes, thyme, bay leaves, salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. In a wok, saute onion, parsley, and garlic in hot olive oil. Stir in the chopped tomatoes once the onion turns translucent. Season the mixture with herbs, salt, pepper and chili flakes to taste. Let it simmer.
2. When the tomatoes are done and the juices have slightly dried up add the vinegar and water. Simmer again for 15 minutes in low heat.
3. Add the seafood until cooked, about 10-15 minutes.

4. Served hot with toasted garlic bread.

This is my new favorite soup. The chili flavor and the sour tastes of vinegar with fresh tomatoes wake up your senses specially in a rainy weather.