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Recipe of the Month
Every month, PRESD will feature a Portuguese recipe. Many of these recipes come people right here in our very own San Diego Portuguese community. Currently, PRESD only has a handful of recipes, if you would like to share your favorite Portuguese recipe(s), please email us.

 

November Recipe
Choupinho (Fish Stew)
Source: Rose Fernandes, S.P.R.S.I Council 92
 

Choupinho

 

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup butter (or margarine)
4 medium onions, sliced
1 shallot or leek
4 cloves garlic, crushed
3 medium peppers, coarsely chopped
2 cans (No. 2) tomatoes
2 small cans tomato paste
1 tsp. paprika
4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. grated orange rind
1 cup white wine
1/2 cup sherry
  shellfish (choose any combination of lobster, clams, shrimp, crab, scallops, mussels, oysters)

Instructions

In a heavy skillet, melt butter and olive oil. Drop in garlic, onions, shallot (or leek) and peppers. Simmer until tender.

Add tomatoes and tomato paste, orange rind and all the spices. Cook slowly for 4 hours. Add wine and cook another 30 minutes.

Add any available shellfish, including lobster, clams, crab, shrimp, scallops, mussels, and oysters. Open and clean the shellfish, but leave the shell on lobsters, clams, oysters and mussels. Cook shellfish in the sauce 15 - 20 minutes

Serve with hot garlic-buttered bread. Serve in individual tureens.

Yield: 6 Servings

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