Gone fishing

And that’s how you do it, chicos, said the old man.

Our World Tuesday is a very cool meme, and it is here!

April 28, 2015 | Categories: Diagonal, fishing, Poblenou, seafront | 3 Comments

Weekend in black and white: gone fishing

It is the weekend, and I might do just this… Ah, who am I kidding, I wont have the time to do it!

September 7, 2012 | Categories: black and white, fishing, monochrome, old port | 15 Comments

Watery Wednesday

Don’t you sometimes wish you could just go fishing, instead of going to work or to school?

Watery Wednesday, right here.

November 22, 2011 | Categories: Andorra, fishing, lake, meme, mountains, Pyrenees, water, watery wednesday, weekly meme | 8 Comments

Fishing

Nice thing to do on a weekend. Or on a week day. You know, instead of going to the office…

September 17, 2011 | Categories: fishing, Forum, sea, seafront | 8 Comments

Incidentally, I learned yesterday that in what once was one of the biggest fishing port in the Med, there are only 45 working fishing boats left in Barcelona, barely making a living, and often coming back empty. Shame.

Our World Tuesday,right now, right here!

September 12, 2011 | Categories: fishing, Forum, fun, meme, my world tuesday, Our World Tuesday, sea, seafront, weekly meme | 14 Comments

Cod, anyone?

Cod. Extremely popular in Spain and Portugal. Literally thousands of recipes. Here is a Catalan one, which I will try soon:

Catalan fish stew

Ingredients

6 tbsp olive oil
1 large Spanish onion, chopped
2 fennel bulbs, chopped
150g/5oz chorizo, diced
1 red chilli, finely chopped
1 tsp fennel seeds, ground
2 cloves new season garlic, crushed
½tsp sweet paprika powder
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
1 tsp saffron strands (optional)
3 fresh bay leaves
1 tin plum tomatoes
100ml/3½ fl oz fish stock or water
150ml/5 fl oz white wine
500g/1 lb 2oz mussels, cleaned
650g/1 lb 7 oz firm white fish (bream, pollock, cod, monkfish), filleted, dredged in flour and fried in olive oil
100g/3½ oz toasted almonds, ground

To serve

1 lemon, cut into wedges
steamed potatoes and spring greens

Preparation method

Heat the olive oil in a large pan and sauté the onions, fennel, diced chorizo, chilli, ground fennel seeds and garlic for a few minutes.
Add the paprika, thyme, saffron, bay leaves and tomatoes and cook until reduced to a thickish sauce.
Add the fish stock (or water) and white wine and bring to a simmer.
Add the cooked mussels and cook until they are all open. Discard any that have not opened.
Put the fish pieces into the stew and stir in the almonds.
Heat for a minute or two and serve with seasonal greens, steamed potatoes and wedges of lemon.