Normandy seafood stew

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 8 people, you will need:

• 1 250 g scallops
• 2 250 g cooked prawns
• 3 500 g mussels
• 4 200 g turnips
• 5 200 g carrot
• 6 200 g celeriac
• 7 100 g Jerusalem artichokes
• 8 200 g leek
• 9 200 g potatoes
• 10 1 shallot
• 11 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 12 100 ml cider
• 13 1 litre liquid cream
• 14 Salt
• 15 Pepper
• Total weight: 3,300 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 25 min.	50 min.	2 hours 15 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare the shellfish Slice 250 g scallops in half horizontally. Shell 250 g cooked prawns and cut each one into 2 or 3 chunks. Set aside.
2	Prepare 500 g mussels, ideally as mussels marinière, then shell and keep a wine glassful of the cooking liquid. Set aside.
3	Prepare the vegetables Peel, rinse and cut 200 g turnips into julienne sticks. Note: A mandolin is the ideal tool for this. Set aside.
4	Do the same with 200 g carrot.
5	And the same with 200 g celeriac.
6	Then the same with 100 g Jerusalem artichokes and 200 g leek.
7	Do the same with 200 g potatoes. Finely chop 1 shallot.
8	Cooking Instructions In a large Dutch oven over high heat, pour in the oil, and when it’s hot, add the scallops and shrimp. Sauté for a few minutes at most, stirring occasionally, then transfer to a plate, leaving the oil in the casserole dish.
9	Put the pan back on the heat and add the shallot. Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
10	Add all the vegetables, mix together, then salt and pepper.
11	Pour in 100 ml cider and mix again, deglazing the bottom of the pan with a wooden spatula.
12	Add all the shellfish, the cooking liquid from the mussels (if possible), and 1 litre liquid cream. Salt and pepper, then mix again and turn the heat down to its lowest.
13	Leave uncovered to cook gently and reduce for about 40 minutes, until the cream has thickened to your liking.

Remarks

This is a very approximate recipe, so do feel free to vary it according to your taste and the vegetables and shellfish in season.
You will notice that the quantities are large, intended to feed 8 people. As the preparation is quite long, it makes sense to to cook a decent quantity and freeze some.
You may have noticed that in stage 7 the potatoes are not raw. This is also a flexible recipe. I had some leftover potatoes, so used them up in this recipe, rather than raw ones.

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