A twist on the classic Spanish dish. It uses merguez, couscous, and cumin to give a uniquely Middle Eastern/North African flavor.
Prep
32 min
Cook
95 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
0.25 cups olive oil
1 onion
, chopped
1 roasted red pepper
, chopped
2 cloves garlic
, chopped
3 vine-ripened tomatoes
, chopped
1
, 8 ounce
5 ounces merguez sausage
, cut into pieces
6 cups vegetable broth
, divided
0.5 cups white wine
1 teaspoon ground cumin
salt and ground black pepper to taste
12 shrimp
, shelled and deveined
12 mussels
, cleaned and debearded
2
, 5.8 ounce
Instructions
1
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, roasted red pepper, and garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, salmon fillet, and merguez sausage; cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
2
Pour 2 1/2 cups broth and white wine into the pot. Season stew with cumin, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and stir in shrimp; simmer until opaque, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add mussels; cover and let stand until mussels open, about 5 minutes.
3
Bring remaining 3 1/2 cups broth to a boil in a separate pot. Stir in couscous. Remove from heat and let stand until couscous absorbs broth, about 5 minutes.
4
Serve couscous in shallow bowls; ladle stew on top.
Nutrition per serving
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