Reino's Kalamoiika

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs salmon (fresh or frozen)
• 1 1/4 tablespoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 whole allspice
• 4 medium potatoes
• 2 medium carrots
• 3 small onions, divided
• 1 cup red cabbage, sliced
• 1 handful fresh celery leaves, chopped
• 5 slices bacon
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup celery, diced fine
• 1/2 green bell pepper, diced
• 6 1/2 ounces minced clams
• 1 quart water
• 6 1/2 ounces shrimp (small, or broken)
• 0.5 (4 ounce) jar pimentos, chopped fine
• 1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
• 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon ground oregano
• 4 crushed chili, tepins (a hot, dried pepper)
• 1 quart milk
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 use any cut salmon or steelhead, leaving skin on.
• 2 in 1 quart water, with salt and pepper, simmer on low heat in 5- or 6-quart pot.
• 3 when skin comes off easily, set aside on plate and remove skin and bones.
• 4 cut or break into 1- and 2-inch pieces.
• 5 in liquid stock, place bay leaves and whole allspice.
• 6 add potatoes, cut in 1- or 1 1/2-inch pieces; carrots, cut lengthwise and into half circles about 1/4-inch thick; and 2 onions cubed coarsely (not chopped fine).
• 7 cook over low heat.
• 8 after a short while, add red cabbage and celery leaves.
• 9 stir.
• 10 cook until carrots are almost tender and potatoes don't disintegrate.
• 11 while this is cooking, dice bacon and cook in fry pan over low heat.
• 12 pour almost all fat off.
• 13 add butter (or margarine) and diced celery, remaining onion (diced fine) and green pepper.
• 14 saute' until onions are yellow and peppers are pale green.
• 15 now back to your pot. add salmon pieces, (they should be not quite cooked).
• 16 from now on everything is simmered on low to preserve body.
• 17 add clams with broth, shrimp and 1 quart water.
• 18 put in mixture from fry pan.
• 19 add pimento, mushrooms, rosemary, cumin, thyme, oregano and chilies.
• 20 stir in milk a cup at a time.
• 21 add butter and let whole bit simmer for at least one hour.
• 22 serve with tossed salad and garlic bread.
• 23 can be frozen.