Seafood Cataplana

April 14, 2024 - 07:00
With Executive Sous Chef Trần Văn Toản from Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi Centre
Chef Trần Văn Toản

One of O Macanese Restaurant’s bestsellers, Seafood Cataplana bringing the Portuguese flavours with the freshest of ingredients, which are then stewed in shrimp sauce combined with cinnamon, star anise and Portuguese port wine. A creamy, smooth dish, fragrant from the scent of cinnamon and star anise in the sauce, and juicy from the seafood.

Ingredient:

For the shrimp sauce:

  • 1.5kg shrimp shell
  • 20ml olive oil
  • 200g onion, sliced
  • 50g garlic, minced
  • 2 whole bay leaves
  • 10g turmeric powder
  • 15g unsalted butter
  • 15g tomato paste
  • 2 litres of water
  • 5 sprigs of parsley

For the seafood:

  • 70g sea bass
  • 3 prawns
  • 3 black mussels
  • 6 clams
  • 100g squid
  • 30ml olive oil
  • 50g chorizo
  • 20g prosciutto
  • 50g onion
  • 50g green capsicum
  • 20ml whipping cream
  • 20g garlic, minced
  • 1 whole bay leaf
  • 20ml Cognac
  • 100ml prawn stock
  • Star anise flaked
  • Cinnamon
  • Port wine
Seafood Cataplana

Method:

To prepare the shrimp sauce:

  • Stir-fry tiger prawns with olive oil until cooked red.
  • Stir-fry onion, garlic, bay leaves, turmeric powder, then add tomato paste and butter.
  • Add 1 tablespoon of cognac, burn all the alcohol, then pour 2 litres of water and simmer for about 30 minutes.
  • Blend until smooth, then filter to get the liquid.

To cook the seafood cataplana:

  • Stir-fry prosciutto and chorizo with olive oil until slightly browned, then move to a plate next to the soup.
  • Add a little butter to the pan and stir-fry the onions and bell pepper until soft, then add the seafood, prosciutto, chorizo and bay leaves to the pan. Stir-fry with 1 ladle of Port wine.
  • Add shrimp sauce, cinnamon, and coriander flowers and cook until done.
  • Place on a plate sprinkled with parsley, serve with bread or white rice

Seafood Cataplana is available at O Macanese Restaurant, Ground floor, Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi Centre, 83A Lý Thường Kiệt St, Hoàn Kiếm Dist, Hà Nội. For reservation, please dial +84 24 3822 2800. VNS

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