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Zarzuela de Mariscos
This is a Spanish seafood stew popular in Catalonia. Use as many different kinds of seafood as you can. Serve with crusty bread and white wine or fino sherry.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 273 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Appetizer , Soup , Lunch
Cuisine:
Spanish
Ingredients
- a pinch of saffron
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion, minced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- salt
- 1/2 pound large shrimp
- 1 dozen small clams in the shell (optional)
- 3 tablespoons brandy (optional)
- 3 peeled Roma tomatoes
- 3 roasted red peppers, chopped roughly
- 1 tablespoon paprika (sweet or smoked)
- 1 cup white wine
- 1/2 pound squid, cleaned and cut into rings
- 1/2 pound crabmeat
PICADA
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds, chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- salt
- Juice of a lemon
Instructions
- Heat up a cup of water and crumble the saffron in it. Let this steep while you peel shrimp, cut vegetables, etc.
- Pound the almonds, salt and garlic in a mortar and pestle until it's starting to become a paste, then add the parsley and pound into a smoother paste.
- Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a large, heavy pot. Sauté the onion until transparent and soft, but not browned. Add the garlic and cook another minute. Sprinkle some salt over everything.
- Add the shrimp and clams, brandy, tomatoes and roasted red peppers. Stir well and when this starts cooking nicely, stir and add the paprika, the saffron water and the wine. Bring this to a boil quickly, then add the squid and crabmeat.
- Once all the clams have opened up, loosen the picada with the lemon juice and stir it into the pot. Serve at once with crusty bread.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
273kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
20g
(40%)
Fat
13g
(20%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
8g
Trans Fat
0.01g
Cholesterol
152mg
(51%)
Sodium
807mg
(34%)
Potassium
440mg
(13%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
1132IU
(23%)
Vitamin C
21mg
(23%)
Calcium
87mg
(9%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 273
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 273kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 20g | 40% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Trans Fat | 0.01g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 152mg | 51% |
| Sodium | 807mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 440mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 1132IU | 23% |
| Vitamin C | 21mg | 23% |
| Calcium | 87mg | 9% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.