Fideos with Clams

Name: Fideos with Clams
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 9 tablespoons olive oil; 1 leek, halved lengthways and finely sliced; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 10 cherry tomatoes, chopped; 1 green pepper, finely chopped; 3 sprigs of lemon thyme or ordinary thyme; 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; zest of 1 lemon; ½ teaspoon fennel seeds, crushed; 4 bay leaves, preferably fresh; 500 g prawn shells, crab and/or langoustine shells; 200 ml white wine; 60 ml brandy; 20 threads of saffron, steeped in 100 ml boiling water; 160 g fideos or angel hair pasta broken into 2cm pieces; 25 surf clams, cockles or mussels, cleaned and rinsed; a sprinkling of smoked Spanish paprika; 1 tablespoon shredded flat-leaf parsley; ½ lemon, cut into wedges; 1 quantity of Alioli; 2 carrots, roughly chopped; 1 leek, roughly chopped; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds; 1 onion, roughly sliced; 1 sprig of lemon thyme or ordinary thyme; 1 teaspoon black peppercorns

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Morito

By Samantha Clark and Samuel Clark

Published 2014

About

Another great sharing dish.

Ingredients

9 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 leek, halved lengthways an

Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

For the stock, place the leek, carrots, onion, bay leaves, fennel seeds, peppercorns and thyme in a large saucepan, just cover with water and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the crustacean shells and simmer for another 15 minutes. Remove from the heat, strain the liquid and discard the solids. Add the wine, brandy and saffron-infused water to the strained liquid, return to a medium heat and simmer f