Fish Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fish stock or broth comes in handy when you are preparing seafood meals such as seafood fried rice, seafood soups and stews and seafood paella. It is intense with seafood flavor and enriches whatever meal you are preparing. This recipe makes use of fish bones and shells/limbs of shell fish. Fish bones are very inexpensive and can be gotten from fish mongers or the seafood section of your grocery store. You can also save fish bones, crab and shrimp shells in the freezer whenever you prepare seafood and use these to make fish stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INGREDIENTS:

(1) Fish Bones

(2) Seafood Shells (optional)

(3) Vegetables (Carrots, Onions, Celery, Et Cetera)

(4) Herbs (Fresh Thyme is great)

(4) Salt and Pepper to taste.

Note: I made use of whole peppercorns for this recipe. You can use ground pepper instead. I also threw in some lobster legs I had to enrich the broth.

PROCEDURE:

(1) Place fish bones in a large pot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Add chopped onions, vegetables and herbs to fish bones. Season with salt and pepper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) Cover bones with water. The quantity of water would depend on the amount of bones you have. The less water you have, the stronger the flavor of the broth. Having said that, do not be scared of adding as much water as you like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4) Place pot on fire on high heat and bring to boil. As soon as it starts boiling, reduce heat to medium low so that the broth simmers. Allow this to cook on low heat for 30 minutes. If you notice some white foam forming at the top of the broth, use a spoon to scoop this off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5) After 30 minutes, turn off heat and allow broth to cool for 10 minutes. Line a sieve with some cheese cloth and strain broth to reveal clear fish broth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leftover broth could be kept in the fridge for a week or frozen for a couple of months.

A tutorial on how to make meat and chicken broth can be found here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try this fish broth with some Seafood Paella Today.