Red Wine Fish Stew

Despite the fact that Europeans have been boiling up fish in red wine for centuries, such as the matelote of France, there is an inherent problem in many of these traditional dishes: the red wine doesn’t cook enough to lose its harsh acidity and astringent tannins. You can bypass this problem by making a red wine fish broth from the fish heads and bones well in advance, giving it plenty of time to cook, and then using it to simmer chunks of fish at the last minute.

Traditional recip