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Cagliari-Style Fish Casserole
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Saucepan Cagliari-style fish

Casseruola di Pesce alla Cagliaritana

Rich and fragrant fish soup, served piping hot on toasted bread.

EasySardinia

There saucepan Cagliari-style fish stew is a hearty dish, designed to bring to the table a rich blend of fish, mollusks, and crustaceans bound together by an aromatic tomato base. Its texture alternates the tender texture of the sea creatures with the initial crunchiness of the bread, which absorbs the spiced broth without immediately losing its shape. The tomato supports the marine flavor, while garlic, chili pepper, bay leaf, parsley, and saffron create an intense yet balanced profile. White wine adds depth to the sauce and complements the cooking of the tougher ingredients. The technique requires particular delicacy: the different fish are added at different times, and the soup is not stirred, so the meat remains intact. In the content provided, the recipe is listed as Sardinian.

Instructions

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1

Prepare fish and shellfish

Wash the mussels, remove byssus and encrustations, then drain arselle and other seafood in plenty of salted water, rinsing them thoroughly to remove any sand. Scale the fish, gut them, and remove the external bones; cut larger specimens into thick slices. Clean cuttlefish, squid and octopus, then reduce the sacs and tentacles to strips or slices, except for the very small specimens.

2

Prepare the aromatic base

Pour the extra virgin olive oil into a saucepan large and add the crushed garlic, the chili pepper he sun-dried tomatoes. Gently sauté over medium heat until the garlic and tomatoes are golden and the sauce becomes fragrant, avoiding burning the garlic: too dark a colour would make the sauce bitter.

3

Brown the cleaned molluscs

Add cuttlefish, squid and octopus soffritto and brown them, stirring just enough to coat them with oil. When they brown and begin to release their juices, deglaze with Nuragus white wine. Continue cooking until the alcohol has evaporated and no strong vinous aroma remains.

4

Add tomato and saffron

20 min

Add the peeled tomatoes, dilute with a little water and add the saffron pistils and the bay leaves. Season with salt to taste and pepper, then bring the sauce to a gentle boil. Cook for about 20 minutes, until the tomato sauce is blended and the liquid has a fragrant consistency and is thin enough to support the cooking of the fish.

5

Enter the large fish

Lay it down in the saucepan larger fish and cook them for a few minutes in the aromatic stock. Avoid stirring: to distribute the heat, just shake the saucepan with gentle movements. The broth should simmer without boiling vigorously, while the meat begins to become opaque and firm.

6

Complete with small fish

10 min

Aggiungi i pesci più piccoli dopo pochi minuti, disponendoli con attenzione per non danneggiarli. Prosegui la cottura per circa 10 minuti, mantenendo un bollore dolce. Verifica che la polpa sia cotta e si separi facilmente, ma non prolungare inutilmente la permanenza on the heat per evitare che i pesci si sfaldino.

7

Unisci molluschi e prezzemolo

Aggiungi cozze, arselle e gli altri molluschi con il guscio, quindi completa con il prezzemolo fresco sminuzzato a mano. Cuoci ancora per pochi minuti, finché i gusci si aprono e il profumo marino si integra con quello del pomodoro e dello zafferano. Scarta i molluschi rimasti chiusi ed elimina gli cloves of garlic.

8

Abbrustolisci il pane

Abbrustolisci fette di pane alte circa un dito fino a renderle ben dorate e croccanti in superficie. Se desideri intensificarne il profumo, strofinale con aglio. Disponile sul fondo dei piatti di portata, creando una base capace di assorbire il brodo senza disfarsi immediatamente.

9

Impiatta e servi caldo

Versa con delicatezza la zuppa sui crostoni, distribuendo pesci, molluschi e brodo senza rompere le carni più tenere. Servi la saucepan di pesce immediatamente e ben calda: il pane deve impregnarsi del fondo aromatico, mantenendo però una parte della propria consistenza.

Chef's Tips

La redazione raccomanda di non mescolare la zuppa durante l'aggiunta dei pesci: scuotere delicatamente la saucepan mantiene integre le carni più delicate e preserva la stratificazione degli ingredienti.

Ingredienti

6
  • Ingredienti per 6 persone
  • (2.65 lb) 1,2 kg di pesce da zuppa (capponi, zerri, ghiozzi, red mullet, gurnard, gronghi, vacche)
  • (2.2 lb) 1 kg di polpi, cuttlefish, calamari, cozze, arselle (small clams), shrimp, shrimp imperiali
  • (28.22 oz) 800 g di pomodori 3 sun-dried tomatoes
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • prezzemolo fresco
  • 2 pizzichi di pistilli di zafferano 5 bay leaves
  • 1 chili pepper rosso
  • 1,5 dl d'olio extravergine di olio d'oliva sardo 1 bicchiere di vino bianco Nuragus
  • (17.64 oz) 500 g di pane
  • sale e pepe

Can't find it in the US?

  • red mulletHard to find in the US

    Small red snapper fillets

    Or: Porgy (scup)

  • cuttlefishInternational markets

    Frozen cuttlefish from Asian markets

    Or: Squid, with a shorter cooking time

    Squid is thinner and less meaty.

  • small clamsHard to find in the US

    The smallest littleneck or Manila clams available

    Or: Cockles

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