Cacciucco alla livornese

In Tuscan dialect, cacciucco means “confusion.” Some say the word is derived from the Turkish kucuk, meaning “small.” Others say it comes from the Arabic word shakshoukli, which is used to describe a mixture in a cauldron. Actually, none of this is too far-fetched, as the port of Livorno engaged in active trade with North Africa and the Middle East in the past and was once home to a sizable community of exiled North African Jews. This fish stew is unusual in that red, r