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30 Minutes
Fish
Medium

Acqua Pazza (Fish in Crazy Water)

  • Easy
  • Fast
  • Healthy
  • One Pot

For this Italian classic, fish is poached in 'acqua pazza', or crazy water, a chilli-laced tomato broth plumped up with chickpeas. We can't be sure why the water is so crazy, but we can be sure that this delivers a one-bowl punch of delicate and fiery flavour.

Recipe

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1

Cook Eschalot

Thinly slice eschalots. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add eschalot and cook, stirring, for 4–5 minutes or until softened.

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2

Cook Tomatoes

Crush garlic. Split chilli in half and remove seeds. Finely chop chilli. Halve tomatoes. Add garlic, chilli and tomato to the pan with 375ml (1½ cups) water and a good pinch of salt flakes and cook for 2-3 minutes until tomatoes are starting to burst.

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3

Add Aromatics

Add Italian Kitchen Herbs seasoning. Finely grate lemon zest. Pick basil leaves from their stems and add half to the pan with the lemon zest and stir to combine.

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4

Add Salmon

Add salmon fillets and reduce heat to low and cook for 1-2 minutes until salmon begins to turn opaque at the edges.

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5

Add Chickpeas

Drain chickpeas, add to pan and cook for 10–12 minutes or until chickpeas are warm and salmon is just poached. Cut lemon in half and squeeze half the juice into pan. Cut remaining lemon half into wedges.

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6

Plate Up

Divide salmon, crazy water (broth) and chickpeas between bowls and top with remaining basil leaves to serve. Serve with lemon wedges.

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