Cornish Fish Stew
Nothing beats a huge bowlful of this warm smoky Cornish fish stew.
I am lucky enough to live a few mins drive from the beach. Yeap, I know, I am very very lucky.
And we go there regularly. Spending the day walking up and down the promenade wall, running around the vary famous shell sculpture, having picnics on the beach, stone skimming on the water surface, picking up the prettiest pebbles, eating ice creams and daydreaming about living in one of the small sea fronted houses, generally wondering if we were brave enough to jump in and out of the sea. Me not so much, the kids, they love that cold cold water.
But my favourite bit is at the end of our outing. The moment when we run like mad to the little fish shacks and scoop up goodies like crab, lemon soles, skates etc. We go home and throw as much of our goodies as possible either on the grill to serve with a leafy green salad or in the oven to serve with some couscous. One of Freddy’s favourite ways is to throw it all into a very smoky fish stew and serve ladleful’s along with some warm crusty bread. Oh yeah, its all good.
Three things make this smoky Cornish fish stew. First you need some really fresh fish. Feel free to mix it up with fish, mussels, prawns, octopus etc. Secondly you want to use very good quality fish stock. Thirdly you need some really great, high quality smoked bacon. With these three in the bag you will end up with the best fish stew of your life. PS If you like fish stews why not check out this Brazilian Fish Stew (Moqueca Baiana).
Check the video below to see how easy it is to make this smoky Cornish fish stew.
Here is how to make a smoky Cornish fish stew.
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Cornish Fish Stew
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- large leek washed and slices
- 1 fennel washed and sliced
- 184 g (6.5oz) smoked back bacon
- 2 garlic cloves sliced
- 260 g (9oz) cherry tomatoes
- 1 l (4 cups) hot fish stock
- 500 g (1.1lb) white fish in chunks
- 500 g (1.1lb) mussels
- Zest and juice of half a lemon
- Smoked sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
To serve:
- Parsley
- lemon wedges
- crusty bread
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot and cook the leek, fennel, bacon and garlic cloves for 5 mins.
- Add in the cherry tomatoes and cook for 5 mins until soft and pulpy
- Mix in the fish stock and bring to the boil before quickly adding in the fish chunks and mussels. Cook for 5 mins until the fish chunks are cooked through.
- Add the zest and juice of half a lemon and season with salt and pepper.
- Discard any mussels that did not open, and ladle into bowls topped with parsley, lemon wedges and served alongside some bread.
Notes
Fennel is one of my favorite things to eat during the summer!:-)
You’re living my dream life and eating my dream food — gorgeous photos!
You stew looks perfect, I feel like I’m at the beach just looking at it! Then again, I too live by the beach, but never mind that. 🙂
So wonderful to get to spend so much time at the beach. An the stew looks so over-the-top delicious!
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Fab stew, perfect for Mr Glam with all that shellfish. Your description of your days on the beach sound wonderful. GG
Thanks GG. Hope he gets to try it.
This looks incredible! Love all those mussels and the addition of smoked bacon sounds perfect.
Spoiltpig’s smoked bacon does add a wonderful flavour to the dish.
This dish looks wholesome and hearty it must be great to serve with crusty bread.
Oh yeah, the bread is good to mop up all that stew.
I’m so jealous that you live that close to the ocean! I would love to grab different seafood and have it be that convenient! Great story and I love your pictures! As a kid, I loved jumping into the water too…regardless how cold it was! I was a water baby! Enjoy your location and keep making and sharing fab seafood dishes!
Thanks Amanda. I will certainly spend as much time as I can with the kiddoes by the sea.
This seriously looks mouthwateringly good!!
Thank you Hanady.
My husband would love this! He loves seafood dishes. And I would love that this can be made in one pot! The less clean up, the better 😉
Hahaha, the joys of one pot cooking.
Looks so fresh and yummy! Have to try the recipe this summer!
Minna I hope you like it.
I love everything about this. I feel like Cornwall is a second home to me. I can picture eating this in our favourite cottage near the sea 🙂 love the idea of adding bacon too. I’ve not come across spoiltpig before but it all looks delicious!
I want to go to Cornwall this summer and eat huge bowls of this on the beach.