Fisherman's Ragout
This ragout combines vegetables (cut small and cooked until just tender in vegetable stock) with a mix of cockles and chunks of fish, all simmered together with cream and saffron.
64,3154.2/5 for 22 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: December 30th 2019
For 6 people, you will need:
- 0
2 carrots - 1
2 potatoes - 2
200 g green cabbage - 3
1 leek - 4
1 litre Vegetable stock - 5
300 g fish fillet - 6
400 g cockles - 7
4 tablespoons olive oil - 8
250 ml cream - 9
3 pinches saffron - 10
salt - 11
pepper - Total weight: 2,860 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 34 min. | 43 min. | 2 hours 17 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 12 min.
Stage 2 - 12 min.
Stage 3
Bring the vegetable stock to the boil.
Stage 4 - 28 min.
Tip in the carrots and cook until just tender but still with a bit of "bite" (not overcooked).
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Remove them from the stock, cool under running water to stop them cooking any further and drain.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Cook the cabbage then the potatoes in the same way.
Stage 7 - 20 min.
Discard half the stock and reduce the rest by 3/4 over medium heat.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a large saucepan (preferably non-stick) on high heat.
When good and hot, add the chunks of fish and fry quickly to brown them all over.
Set aside.
When good and hot, add the chunks of fish and fry quickly to brown them all over.
Set aside.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
Tip the cockles into the same pan and sauté for 2 minutes.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 11 - 5 min.
Pour the reduced stock into the pan (there should only be 5 or 6 tablespoonsful left) and use this to deglaze the bottom.
Stage 12 - 10 min.
Add 250 ml cream and 3 pinches saffron. Turn down the heat and leave to reduce gently.
When the saffron cream has reduced, checking the seasoning.
When the saffron cream has reduced, checking the seasoning.
Stage 13 - 1 min.
Add all the vegetables to the pan...
Stage 14 - 1 min.
...then the cockles and fish.
Stage 15 - 3 min.
Stir gently and leave to heat through for a couple of minutes. Check the seasoning again before serving.
Remarks
If you do not have your own vegetable stock, use poultry stock or a stock cube and water. You can even just use salted water (in this case, do not reduce and replace the stock with a little white wine at stage 11).
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,492 Kcal or 6,247 Kj | 69 gr | 126 gr | 70 gr |
| 75 % | 26 % | 12 % | 11 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 52 Kcal or 218 Kj | 2 gr | 4 gr | 2 gr |
| 3 % | 1 % | <1 % | <1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 249 Kcal or 1,043 Kj | 11 gr | 21 gr | 12 gr |
| 12 % | 4 % | 2 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 7.90 €
- Per person : 1.32 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Vegetable stock: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Melt-in-the mouth meat and vegetables in a sealed casserole, Duo of slow-cooked pork, Endive and beer soup, Provençal braised carrots, Pork medallions with "full" turnips, ... All |
 | Cockles: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tagliatelle with cockles, How to prepare cockles, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Crusty cockle tart, ... All |
| Fish fillet: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Curried tuna cubes, Crunchy little pieces of fish, Rolls of fish in smoked ham, Fish "à la Bordelaise", Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, ... All |
| Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salmon and spinach quiche, Vol-au-vent, Potatoes with prawns, Blanquette of veal, Chocolate tart, ... All |
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