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Moqueca de peixe recipe
Created by Patricia Nunes
- Cuisine: Brazilian
- Prep Time: 15 min(s)
- Cook Time: 30 min(s)
- Serves 4–6
Try this colourful recipe from Brazil for a marvellous seafood stew with the fresh flavour of lime and the mellow taste of red palm-fruit oil, a Brazilian favourite.
Ingredients
1 kg thick, firm, white fish fillets or cutlets or 1 kg shelled green prawns, or a mixture of bothjuice of 2 limes, plus extra to serve
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 onion, sliced
1 tbsp grated ginger
5 long red chillies, chopped
1 red capsicum, sliced
5 tomatoes, chopped
olive oil
salt and pepper
250 ml fish or vegetable stock
1 bunch coriander, chopped (reserve some leaves to garnish)
spring onions, finely sliced, to garnish
120 ml red palm-fruit oil (optional)
Preparation
Marinating time: 30 minutesHalve the fish fillets or cutlets and marinate in the lime juice with half the garlic for at least 30 minutes. If using prawns, marinate them whole.
In a large saucepan, sauté the remaining garlic, onion, ginger, chilli, capsicum and tomato in olive oil until a sauce is formed. Taste and add salt and pepper. Add the stock and fish and simmer gently until cooked. If using a combination of fish and prawns, add the prawns later as they cook in less time. Taste again for seasoning and stir through the chopped coriander. Place in a serving dish and squeeze over some extra lime juice. Sprinkle with the spring onions and extra coriander leaves and drizzle over the palm-fruit oil, if using. Serve with rice.
SBS cook’s notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55–60 g, unless specified.
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Comments (9)
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05 Jan 2013 12:40 AEST
Jasmin
Beaumont Hills
Cocktail
Hi there,
I plan to to this dish , I also would like to do the drink that went with it. Could you please provide the recipe for it.
Would very much appreciate.
Thanks.
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11 Dec 2012 12:31 AEST
Sue
Como WA
Palm Oil
West Australians....... Palm Oil is available at Belmont Groceries & Halal Meat at 8/224 Belmont Avenue in Cloverdale. Their number is 92779133.
They are in Belmont Village, adjacent to Belmont Forum.
It is really needed to make the dish authentic.
13 Mar 2012 12:52 AEST
Mara
Randwick NSW
06 Aug 2011 08:38 AEST
Marcia
Bondi Junction
Dende oil
I just cooked this recipe, it turned up delicious, I just didin't use all the fish stock, only half of it. I also used olive oil instead of dende oil. You can find dende oil in Newtown - Sydney, I think is king Street and there is a African food store there and they have dende oil. I bought there years ago. I don't know if they still there..
14 Apr 2011 04:23 AEST
Marcy
Edinburgh
14 Jan 2010 04:45 AEST
missweb84
Sydney
29 May 2009 09:42 AEST
Colin
Canberra ACT
RE: Dende Oil
@Lisa, yes it is difficult to track down - I live in Canberra and have not found any locally. I did quite a bit of searching (I even called the Brazilian embassy), and found that a company called Solarben International Foods does indeed import legit Dende/Palm oil. Check their stockists page and try making some calls. I called Fiji Market in Newtown, Sydney, and they could ship me 1 or 2 litres (can't remember which) for about $20, if I recall correctly: http://www.westafricanfoods.com.au/
28 May 2009 12:53 AEST
Lisa
Redland QLD
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