2 cups Arborio rice
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon shallot, finely diced
1 clove garlic, finely diced
5 cups fish stock
1 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup heavy cream
8 each jumbo shrimp (peeled and de- veined)
2 dozen mussels (de-bearded and rinsed)
3/4 pounds fish, cut in cubes (we use a mixture of salmon, swordfish
and sea bass)
2 each 1 1/2-pound Maine lobsters
Salt and white pepper to taste
Parmesan cheese, grated to taste
Heat fish stock and white wine to a boil, then reduce heat to a
slow simmer. Split lobsters in half (lengthwise), remove and discard
food sac, remove tomalley and any roe and reserve for other uses. Rinse
with cold water. In a large heavy sauce pan, heat olive oil, add shallots
and cook until clear. Add garlic and cook until lightly brown. Add rice
and stir until thoroughly coated with oil. Add hot stock until rice
is just covered. Stir rice with a wooden spoon continually. Slowly
add more broth to rice as it is absorbed. Poach lobster in hot broth
as you are stirring rice (allow about 7 minutes) and place on serving
dishes. When 3/4 of the stock has been absorbed, add remaining seafood
to the rice and continue stirring until all the rice is barely tender,
adding stock if needed. Finish by adding the cream, salt and pepper.
Spoon rice into the serving dishes, spoon tomato-tarragon coulis around
the outside and arrange the seafood on the top. Sprinkle with Parmesan
and serve.
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