Shellfish stew with white beans and cabbage - bon appetit
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | medium | Head savoy cabbage (about 1 1/2 lb), cored, outside leaves left intact |
| 1 | tablespoon | Olive oil (preferably extra-virgin) |
| 8 | Sea scallops, halved crosswise | |
| 4 | Uncooked jumbo shrimp, peeled, deveined | |
| 1 | small | Uncooked lobster tail, shelled, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices |
| ½ | cup | Chopped leek (white and pale green parts only) |
| 3 | Garlic cloves, minced | |
| 4 | cups | Chicken stock or canned unsalted broth |
| 1 | Bay leaf | |
| 2 | cups | Canned cannellini (white kidney beans), rinsed, drained |
| 1 | medium | Carrot, peeled, thinly sliced |
| 1 | cup | Thinly sliced celery |
| 1 | cup | Finely chopped zucchini |
| 2 | tablespoons | Chopped fresh Italian parsley |
Directions
Bring large saucepan of lightly salted water to boil. Add cabbage; cover and cook 3 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer cabbage to large strainer and drain. Rinse with cold water and drain.
Remove 4 outer leaves from cabbage and reserve. Quarter remaining cabbage and finely slice enough to yield 2 C; reserve remainder for another use. (Can be prepared 6 hours ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.)
Heat 1 T olive oil in deep large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallops, shrimp and lobster to skillet and saute 2 minutes. Transfer seafood to plate. Reduce heat to low. Add ½ C chopped leek and 3 minced garlic cloves to skillet and stir 2 minutes. Add 4 C chicken stock and bay leaf. Increase heat to high and boil mixture until reduced to 3 C, about 8 minutes. Add 2 C cannellini, sliced carrot, sliced celery and 2 C sliced cabbage and cook until tender, about 4 minutes. Add 1 C chopped zucchini and cook 1 minute. Stir in seafood. Season stew to taste with salt and pepper.
Line 4 large soup bowls with reserved whole cabbage leaves. Ladle stew into leaves. Sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.
Bon Appetit/January/1994 Scanned & edited by Di Pahl & <gg>