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Just found this. Looks great. The ( ) belongs to the person who posted this and he/she was "quite impressed". I think I will make this tomorrow as I am dying for some easy homemade food... It's from the book, "Julia and Jacques - Cooking at Home"
Seafood Bread
1 large crusty, country bread, 10-12" round or oval loaf With a serrated bread knife, slice off the top crust of the bread loaf and remove it as you would a lid. Scoop out the soft bread inside leaving 1/2" around sides and bottom. Use all of the filling to make 2 to 3 cups of medium fine bread crumbs.
For the Herb Butter:
3 or 4 garlic cloves, peeled 2/3 cup fresh dill sprigs, loosely packed 1//4 cup slivered almonds 6 oz.unsalted butter at room temp 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper 3 TBS dry white wine (2 Tb, if using liqueur) 1 TBS Pernod or Ricard (optional)
For the filling:
5 oz tuna 5 oz haddock (I used sea bass) 5 oz salmon 7 oz squid (I used scallops) Cut all of the above in 1" chunks 1/4 pound wild mushrooms or cultivated mushrooms, roughly chopped (about 1 1/2 cups) 3/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup of dry white wine
Making the herb butter:
Put the garlic, dill and almonds in the food processor, pulse until finely chopped. Add the soft butter, S & P, wine and liqueuer if using. Process until smooth.
Filling the loaf:
Season the seafood with S & P, and toss. Spread 1/2 the herb butter in the bread, covering bottom and sides. Add 1/2 the fish mixture. Cover with all of the mushroom mixture. Add the remaining 1/2 of the fish mixture. Spread the remaining butter evenly over the filling. Cover the filling with a thick layer of bread crumbs, pressing with hands to hold together. Drizzle 1/4 C of white wine all over the crumbs to moisten.
Put on baking sheet and bake in pre-heated 400 oven for approx. 1 - 1 1/2 hours or until top is browned. Let sit 10 minutes before cutting. Using sharp, sturdy knife, cut into wedges, chunks or slices to serve.
Couldn't be easier.
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