Fish stew

Balık buğulama

By: Andy Harris
From: Eat Istanbul
Serves: 4-6
Photographer: David Loftus

If you’re close to the sea and some local fishermen, you’ll have access to an interesting medley of rockfish that are ideal for this stew. If you’re living in an urban area, try to scour fish stalls at farmers’ markets or find a good fishmonger to give you an interesting selection of small fish like gurnard, weever, wrasse, scorpion fish and grey and red mullet. You can also use sea bream and grey mullet as the Turks like to do.

Ingredients

Quantity	Ingredient
1	onion, peeled and roughly chopped
2	fresh bay leaves
3 tablespoons	flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped, including stems
2	carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
2	tomatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
2	long green peppers, deseeded and chopped
1	lemon, thinly sliced
1kg	mixed soup fish, cleaned and heads left on
100ml	extra virgin olive oil
	sea salt
	freshly ground black pepper

To serve

Quantity	Ingredient
1 tablespoon	fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped
4-6	lemon wedges

Method

In a large saucepan, place the onion, bay leaves, parsley, carrots, tomatoes, peppers and lemon slices. Cover with cold water and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
Lay the fish on top of the ingredients in the pan and season generously with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Pour over the olive oil and enough water to just cover the fish, then bring back to the boil. Lower the heat, cover with a lid and simmer for 15 minutes or until the fish is tender.
To serve, carefully transfer the fish and vegetables to a large serving bowl or individual bowls and ladle some of the liquid over the top. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve with lemon wedges to squeeze over the soup.

Tags:: Istanbul; Turkey; Turkish food; Middle Eastern; Andy Harris; David Loftus

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