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Tuna Stew - {Marmitako}

This dish, first made aboard Basque fishing boats, is now featured in nearly every restaurant in the region. It is better know by the French name "Marmite" after the pot in which it is cooked.

Cuisine: Spanish
Type: Fish
Courses: Soup
Serves: 3 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Potato - peeled - cut into 1/2" cubes (large)
1 lb 454g / 16ozFresh tuna steak - cut into 1" cubes
2 teaspoons 10mlSalt
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlGoya Adobo with Pepper
1 tablespoon 15mlGoya Olive Oil
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozChopped onion
1 1/2 cups 219g / 7.7ozChopped green pepper
1   Garlic clove - chopped
1   Bay leaf
1 cup 237mlWhite cooking wine
2 cups 474mlFish stock
  (or 1/2 water - 1/2 clam juice mixture)
1   Goya Pimiento - chopped
1 teaspoon 5mlMinced parsley

Recipe Instructions

In a large bowl, soak potato cubes in cold water. Sprinkle tuna evenly with salt and Adobo. In a large saucepan or soup pot, lightly saute tuna in olive oil; remove tuna and set aside. In same pan, saute onion until soft. Add green pepper, garlic, bay leaf, drained potato cubes, and white wine. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 2 to 3 minutes. Add fish stock and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add tuna and pimeintos to stew and simmer, covered, for an additional 3 to 4 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Salt to taste. Garnish with parsley. This recipe serves 3 to 4.

Source:
THE GOYA COOK'S TOUR OF SPAIN by Goya Foods - (cookbooklet by mail) - Send name and address along with $2.00 check or money order plus two proof-of-purchase labels from any Goya product to - The Goya Cook's Tour of Spain, Goya Foods, Inc., 100 Seaview Dr., Dept. CD, Secaucus, NJ 07096 - As reprinted in the Mar/Apr, 1993 issue of Cookbook Digest

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