Fish and Seafood Recipes - Caribbean Seafood Creole Recipe

  
 

Fish and Seafood Recipes - Caribbean Seafood Creole Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

  • 4 tablespoons olive oil

  • 2 onions, chopped

  • 2 green peppers, cored, deseeded and chopped

  • 2 garlic cloves crushed

  • 500 g/1 lb mixed seafood (cooked lobster meat, large

  • prawns, crab meat)

  • 4 tablespoons white wine

  • salt and pepper

  • chopped coriander, to garnish

  • boiled rice, to serve 

Sofrito:

  • 3 tablespoon olive oil

  • 1 onion, chopped

  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed

  • 500 g/1 lb tomatoes, skinned and chopped

  • 1 tablespoon chopped coriander

 

Method:

  1. First make the sofrito. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan. Add the onion and garlic and fry over a low heat until soft and translucent.

  2. Add the tomatoes and coriander and season to taste with salt and pepper. Simmer over a very low heat for 20-30 minutes, until thickened.

  3. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large frying pan. Add the onions, green peppers and garlic and fry, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden, but do not allow them to brown.

  4. Prepare the seafood, removing any shells from the lobster, prawns or crab meat.

  5. Add to the vegetables in the pan, together with the prepared sofrito. Simmer gently for 15 minutes. Add the wine and stir well. Continue cooking for 5 minutes.

  6. Adjust the seasoning, if necessary, and serve garnished with coriander, accompanied by boiled rice.