Seafood choucroute
Savory recipes
Fall
Winter
1+ hour
Expert
Casserole
Cocotte en fonte
Sauteuse
Prep time
40 minutes
Cooking time
1 hour
Serves
6 people
Savory choucroute with seafood, perfect for sharing!
Method
For the choucroute:
- Rinse and squeeze the sauerkraut several times with your hands to remove the acidity
- Sweat the chopped onion in a Dutch oven with a little butter, then add the sauerkraut and the smoked bacon and drench with 20 cl (4/5 cup) of white wine
- Season with salt and pepper and the bouquet garni, then cook covered for 1 hour
For the fish:
- Cut each fish fillet into 6 pieces
- Place the haddock in a saucepan of cold milk, boil for 10 minutes, then set aside and keep warm
- Preheat the oven to 210°C (410°F)
- Chop then sweat a shallot in butter in a sauté pan
- Add the fish, mussels, lemon slices, and herbs
- Bake in the oven for 7 minutes
- Shell the prawns (leaving the tail intact), then carefully devein the backs
- Wash the scallops under running water then let them dry on some paper towel
For the sauce:
- Peel and chop the shallots
- In a saucepan, reduce the shallot and wine until dry
- Add the cream and boil for 2 minutes
- Whisk in the butter and season with salt and pepper
- Strain and keep warm
Final step:
- Add a drizzle of olive oil to a preheated frying pan, then quickly fry the prawns and scallops
- Place the choucroute in a warm soup dish, then top with the fish and shellfish
- Serve the sauce on the side
Ingredients
For the choucroute:
- 1.2 kg (2.6 lbs) sauerkraut
- 1 onion
- 100 g (3.5 oz) smoked bacon
- 20 g (0.7 oz) juniper berries
- 1 bay leaf
- Salt and pepper
- 20 cl (4/5 cup) white wine (Alsatian if possible)
- Butter
For the fish:
- ½ L (2 cups) milk
- Butter
- 2 tbsp oil
- 10 cl (2/5 cup) white Alsatian wine
- 300 g (10.6 oz) monkfish
- 300 g (10.6 oz) salmon or salmon trout
- 300 g (10.6 oz) smoked haddock
- 12 prawns
- 12 mussels
- 6 scallops
- 1 shallot
- 1 lemon
- Chives and dill
For the sauce:
- 200 g (7 oz) butter
- 2 shallots
- 10 cl (2/5 cup) white Alsatian wine
- 15 cl (3/5 cup) fresh cream
Utensils
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