Seafood Stew (Stews & Sauces)

Member Name: i_am_joy

Product:	Stews & Sauces
Date:	18/02/09 (115 review reads)
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Advantages: Delicious, easy to cook, healthy

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I thought I would share with you a lovely recipe I found in an old Weight Watchers cook book, I first made it a few months ago and have made it so many times that I don't need to refer to the recipe any more! It's a delicious hearty seafood stew which is low fat and contains just 3 Weight Watchers points per serving. The recipe serves 4 and keeps nicely in the fridge for a couple of days providing you have used very fresh fish. It can be frozen but I find you lose a lot of the juice when you defrost and reheat it, if you plan to freeze it perhaps add an extra 1/4 pint of milk at the first stage.

SEAFOOD STEW

Serves 4

What You Will Need
1 pint skimmed milk
250g smoked haddock fillet, or you can use smoked cod if preferred
1 Veg Stock Cube dissolved in 450ml boiling water
1 onion, finely chopped
175g potato, diced into small cubes
75g frozen peas
75g frozen or tinned sweetcorn
2 tablespoons cornflour, blended with a little water
100g prawns, the king prawns are perfect
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, or 1 heaped teaspoon dried

Put the milk and haddock into a large saucepan. Bring up to simmering point and cook gently for 6 - 8 minutes. Strain the milk into a jug and keep for later. Skin and flake the fish, thowing away any bones you find and set aside.

Put the veg stock, onion and potato into a small pan. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and cook for 15 minutes, or until the potato is tender.

Pour this back into the large saucepan (which will need washing while the potatoes and onions are cooking or else the milky bits will burn) and add the strained milk, peas, sweetcorn and blended cornflour. Bring up to the boil, stirring continuously until it has thickened.

Add the prawns, flaked fish and parsley to the saucepan and cook gently for 2 - 3 minutes until the prawns are heated through.

Season to taste and serve with a warm crusty cob.

Summary: This is a perfect stew for this cold weather, filling and comforting.