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Portuguese Fisherman's Stew

Ingredients 1/4 cup dry white wine 1 generous pinch saffron threads 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped leeks 1 cup coarsely chopped onion 1 tablespoon minced garlic 3 cups fish stock or bottled clam juice 114 1/2-ounce can diced tomatoes in juice 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 6 ounces linguiça sausage or hot links, cut diagonally into 1/4-inch-thick slices mussels, scrubbed and debearded littleneck clams, scrubbed 5-ounce cod fillets Yellow cornmeal 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley Instructions Bring wine to boil in small saucepan. Add saffron. Remove from heat. Cover; let stand 15 minutes. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add leeks and onion; sauté until tender, about 8 minutes. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add stock, tomatoes with their juices, oregano and saffron combination. Simmer 20 minutes. Add sausage, mussels and clams. Cover; boil until shellfish open, about 8 minutes (discard any that do not open). Meanwhile, dip 1 side of fish in cornmeal. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in heavy large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add fish, cornmeal side down, and cook until bottom is golden, about 4 minutes. Turn fish over. Ladle 1 cup of soup over. Cover and boil until fish is just cooked through, about 4 minutes. Transfer fish, cornmeal side up, to 4 shallow bowls. Arrange clams, mussels and sausage around fish. Top with remaining soup. Sprinkle with parsley.