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Cacciucco di Pesce (Tuscan Seafood Stew)

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Cacciucco di Pesce (Tuscan Seafood Stew)


The Union Square Cafe Cookbook
by Danny Meyer and Michael Romano, 1994, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Serves 6 to 8

Broth
2 tablespoons olive oil
Reserved shrimp shells (see below)
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 cups peeled and sliced onions
2 teaspoons aniseed
1/2 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons tomato paste
3/4 cup dry white vermouth
2 pounds fresh tomatoes, cored and chopped
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 fresh thyme sprigs
1 bay leaf
4 cups fish stock

Seafood
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 cups sliced leeks, white and light green parts only, washed
2 cups cored and sliced fennel bulb
1 1/2 cups sliced zucchini or yellow squash
1 tablespoon minced garlic
18 littleneck, manila, or other small clams
1 pound monkfish or other firm-fleshed white fish,
filleted and cut into 2-inch chunks
18 small mussels, beards removed and scrubbed
1/2 pound medium shrimp, cleaned,
shells reserved for the broth
3/4 pound cleaned calamari, cut into 1/4-inch rings
1 teaspoon minced orange zest
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped parsley

1. Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over high heat, add the shrimp shells, and stir well for 3 to 4 minutes. Lower the heat to medium and stir in the garlic, onions, aniseed, and red pepper flakes. Cook until the onions are
tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with the salt and pepper.
2. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute to dissolve. Add the vermouth and reduce by half. Add the tomatoes, parsley, thyme, and bay
leaf and cook 3 to 5 minutes. Pour in the fish stock, bring slowly to a boil,
and skin any foam from the surface with a small ladle. Lower the heat and simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Strain in a colander set over a bowl, pressing
the solids to extract the maximum amount of broth. The broth can be pre-
pared several days ahead up to this point and held, covered and refrigerated,
or up to 2 months frozen.
3. To prepare the seafood, heat the olive oil over moderate heat in the
soup pot  and sauté the leeks, fennel, zucchini, and garlic until softened,
2 to 3 minutes.
4. Pour in the reserved fish broth and bring to a simmer. Add the clams
and monkfish and cook 5 to 6 minutes, or until the clams open. Add the mussels, shrimp, calamari, and orange zest and simmer 3 to 5 minutes, or
until the mussels open. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle the stew into a warm soup tureen, sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.