"It's no surprise that fish and seafood are the main ingredients in the Algarve cuisine, including the region's most famous dish, cataplana"
Cataplana
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Cook time: 1hr
Serves or Makes: 6
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ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 dl olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 red pepper
- 300 g shrimp
- 1 lobster
- 1 dl white wine
- 1 tablesp tomato paste
- 500 g clams
- 200 g half -shelled mussels
- finely chopped coriander
- salt
- piri piri sauce
Method
Step 1
Place the lobster, shrimp or mussels in the bottom of the cataplana pan.
Step 2
Cut the onions, garlic and peppers into thin slices.
Step 3
Add the onions, garlic, and olive oil to a pan and cook until the onions have browned a bit.
Step 4
Add red pepper and sauté.
Step 5
Add the wine and the tomato paste, season with salt and piri piri sauce.
Step 6
Pour the sauce over the seafood.
Step 7
Close the cataplana and cook for ten minutes.
Step 8
Remove the cataplana from the heat.
Step 9
Add the clams, close the cataplana, let it cook for five minutes shaking it from time to time.
Step 10
Finally, season with salt and pepper if necessary and add the coriander.
Step 11
Serve immediately with white rice or toasted bread.