Seafood stew (bourride) Recipe

Seafood stew (bourride) Recipe

  • 2 free-range egg yolks
  • 250–300ml/9–10fl oz light olive oil
  • 1 tsp harissa paste
  • 1 lemon, juice only
  • 1½ tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 500ml/18fl oz deeply flavoured fish soup, or a tin of bisque
  • pinch saffron
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 x 150g/5½oz turbot fillet, skin on and pin-boned
  • 1 scallop, removed from its shell, roe discarded and cleaned
  • 1 small squid, cleaned and scored
  • 1 x 150g/5½oz red mullet fillet, skin on and pin-boned
  • 75g/2½oz unsalted butter
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
  • 50g/1¾oz fresh baby spinach
  • 150g/5½oz tinned chickpeas (drained weight)
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh chervil leaves
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh tarragon leaves
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh chives
  1. For the mayonnaise, put the egg yolks in a food processor and blend. Gradually add the oil in a thin, steady stream until it is the consistency of mayonnaise. Add the harissa paste, lemon juice and tomato ketchup. Season with salt and pepper and mix again. Set aside.
  2. For the seafood bourride, heat the fish soup in a large saucepan. Add the saffron and bring to a simmer.
  3. In a frying pan, heat the oil and cook the turbot on each side for 3–4 minutes. Half way through, add the scallop, squid and mullet to the pan and cook through. Turn the fish over half way through the cooking. Add the butter at the end and, once melted, use it to baste the fish.
  4. Place the cooked fish into the warm soup.
  5. For the sautéed spinach and chickpeas, while the fish is cooking heat a medium sauté pan and add the oil and butter. Once melted, add the spinach and chickpeas and cook until the spinach has wilted.
  6. To serve, put some spinach and chickpeas in the bottom of each serving bowl, place the fish on top and spoon over the soup. Sprinkle with the herbs and add a dollop of mayonnaise.