40 seafood stock recipes

Cajun seafood dirty rice loaded with shrimp, lump crab, homemade shrimp stock, and the holy trinity. Spiced with cayenne and thyme for that real Louisiana bayou flavor.

Light fish pasta sauce with turbot, tomatoes, lemon zest, and fresh herbs simmered in fish stock and olive oil. A bright Mediterranean seafood sauce tossed with hot pasta.

New Orleans-style shrimp and fettuccine simmered in shrimp stock, white wine, and butter with mushrooms, tomatoes, and seafood seasoning. Finished with a swirl of butter for a rich, silky sauce.

Oven-baked monkfish in a ginger cream sauce made with white wine, fish stock, and heavy cream. Includes a from-scratch fish stock recipe. Restaurant-quality seafood entree.

French seafood stew (matelote) with canned salmon, prawns, mussels, white fish, and mushrooms simmered in cider-stock broth with basil and lemon: hearty mixed seafood soup.

Fish fumet, the quick French fish stock: bones simmered briefly with white wine, onion, carrot and herbs, then strained and reduced. The aromatic base for seafood soups, sauces and risotto.

Greek mussel pilaf (pilafi me mythia) cooks short grain rice directly in mussel-and-wine broth. The seafood-stock pilaf of the Aegean coast.

Shrimp fettuccine in a buttery white wine sauce with mushrooms, tomatoes, and Creole seasoning. Shrimp stock builds deep seafood flavor into every strand.

Linguine with steamed mussels, rehydrated sun-dried tomatoes, black olives, red bell peppers, and fresh basil in a white wine and fish stock sauce. A Mediterranean seafood pasta ready in an hour.

Irish cream of mussel soup steams fresh mussels in white wine and fish stock with leek and celery, then enriches the strained broth with cream for a silky, briny seafood bisque.

Fish fumet made from sole or salmon bones simmered with white wine, bouquet garni, onion, and carrot, then strained and reduced by half. A foundational French stock for seafood sauces and soups.

Grand Brazilian seafood soup with grouper, shrimp, mussels, crab, and lobster in a rich fish head stock with tomatoes, coriander, parsley, and cayenne. A coastal feast in a bowl.

Pasta with white clam sauce made with fresh littleneck clams steamed in fish stock, white wine, garlic, and olive oil. A light, briny Italian seafood pasta with no cream.

Bay scallops simmered with spinach in a garlicky tomato sauce with fish stock and lemon, served over pasta. A low-fat, low-calorie seafood dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Homemade fish stock with white fish bones, aromatics, white wine, and lemon. A clear, light seafood broth that forms the base of bouillabaisse, chowders, and risotto.

Fideus with clams features toasted vermicelli cooked in homemade fish stock with steamed clams, topped with a chive-garlic mayonnaise. A Spanish-inspired seafood pasta worth the effort.