Serves 4-6

Saffron, paprika and garlic seafood stew recipe

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Ready in 35 minutes

3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 medium-hot red chillies, halved, deseeded and finely chopped
2 tsp sweet paprika
Good pinch of saffron strands
2 strips pared orange zest
4 fresh bay leaves
Leaves from 2 large sprigs fresh lemon thyme
2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
300ml dry white wine
50ml well-flavoured chicken or vegetable stock
1 tsp salt
600g cleaned mussels in the shell, fresh or frozen, and thawed if frozen
225g cooked and peeled tiger prawns, thawed if frozen
400g mixed seafood such as prawns, mussels, squid, scallops, thawed if frozen
For the garlic bread
2 plain part-baked
ciabattas
100g butter, softened
2 fat garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp chopped fresh lemon thyme leaves
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley leaves

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1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Heat the extra-virgin olive oil in a large casserole or wide shallow saucepan. Add the chopped onion and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until very soft but not browned. Add the crushed garlic and chillies and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the paprika, saffron, orange zest, bay leaves and lemon thyme leaves and cook for 1 minute more.
2. Add the tomatoes, wine, stock and salt, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, make the garlic bread. Bake the ciabattas in the oven according to the packet instructions. Remove the bread but leave the oven on. Mix the butter with the garlic, thyme leaves, parsley and a little salt. Cut the ciabattas into 2cm slices but don’t cut all the way through to the base. Spread each slice with the garlic butter. Wrap up securely in 2 pieces of foil and bake for a further 8-10 minutes.
4. After 5 minutes, uncover the stew and stir in the mussels, prawns and mixed seafood. Simmer gently, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, until the seafood is heated through – but don’t cook it for too long or the seafood will become tough.
5. Ladle the stew into deep bowls and serve with the garlic bread.

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