Ingredients

  • fish stock
  • 2 garlic cloves smashed but with skin intact
  • vegetable oil
  • 1 onion peeled and diced
  • 1 leek diced
  • short grain rice
  • 3/4 cup arborio rice
  • fresh parsley minced
  • 10 langoustines or crawfish or jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 4 1/4 cups water
  • 1 fish skeleton, whole
  • 1 leek chopped
  • 1 carrot peeled and chopped
  • whole black peppercorns

Method

  • In 1 liter of water, boil the langoustine heads with the fish skeleton, leek, carrot, and black peppercorns to make the fish stock. Strain and set aside.
  • In a little oil, fry the 2 smashed garlic cloves to flavor the oil. Once fried, remove the garlic.
  • In the same oil, saute together the onion and leek. You can also add 1 whole langoustine for use as decoration later.
  • Once the vegetables are translucent, add the rice and stir together to combine. Then little by little, add the fish stock. Once a ladleful is added, continuously stir until absorbed. Repeat until creamy
  • Just before finishing add the langoustine tails and heat through until pink in color.
  • Garnish with fresh parsley.