Delicious Seafood Cataplana

Delicious Seafood Cataplana

Ingredients

1 medium onion

3 cloves of garlic

1/2 red pepper

Olive oil to taste

60 g unsalted butter

390 g peeled tomatoes

1 bay leaf

Chili pepper to taste

Salt to taste

Pepper to taste

160 ml white wine

400 ml water

300 g mussels

300 g shrimp

250 g monkfish

Coriander leaves to taste

Lemon juice to taste

Preparation

1.

Cover the bottom of the cataplana (or a simple frying pan) with a generous drizzle of olive oil, heat the butter and when the butter has melted, sauté the chopped onion and garlic cloves.

2.

Then add the peeled tomatoes, bay leaf and chili pepper. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 15 minutes.

3.

Break up the tomato with a spoon and add the white wine and water and let it simmer for 10 minutes.

4.

Halfway through cooking, add the mussels, whole shrimp and monkfish. Place a bunch of coriander on top of the seafood cataplana, cover and let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes.