Health & Fitness
What's Cooking at Sofia's: Açorda de Marisco - Portuguese Shellfish Bread Stew
An interesting seafood stew which surprisingly enough is liked by all that try it at our home, here in WI.

Let me start by saying I am not happy with how I translated the title of this amazing dish into English, but there is no easy way to say it. If you like seafood, DO give this dish a try as it is so very good.
INGREDIENTS
2 lbs shrimps
2 lbs mussels
2 lbs seafood mix
1 onion
6 cloves of garlic
1 bunch of cilantro
1.5 loafs of stale bread (I like to buy some type of peasant, Italian boule or French country bread from 2 to 3 days ago)
6 eggs
2 diced Roma tomatoes
Water
3 cups of white wine
Olive oil
Salt & pepper to taste
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DIRECTIONS
- In a skillet bring white wine with a little salt to boil
- Add the mussels
- Cover the skillet and lower to medium heat
- Once mussel shells are opened remove them from heat, put the shells in a big pot and the meat in a bowl and set it aside
- Add the juices from the skillet into the big pot
- Add water and salt to the big pot and bring it to heat
- Once boiling add the shrimps and the seafood mix
- When shrimps turn pink (about 7 minutes), removes all seafood from stock and unshell everything apart from about 10 shrimps
- Add the shells back again into the pot and let it simmer for about 20 minutes. Adjust salt and pepper as needed
- In a different pot add a little olive oil, the chopped onions and garlic and half of the cilantro leaves
- Let it simmer until the onions are slightly golden
- Meanwhile break the bread into small pieces put them in a large bowl and add enough of the seafood broth you created to fully cover the bread
- Let it stand for about 20 minutes
- Add the bread to the pot with the onions, garlic and cilantro and add more seafood broth as you want to create a very moist consistency
- On low heat mix the bread until it is fully disintegrated (almost as mashed potatoes)
- Add all of the seafood (apart from a few to decorate the plate) then turn off the heat
- Add the eggs and mix well
- Serve immediately with some cilantro leaves on the top