Fish Stock à l'improviste Recipe

A very good stand-in for fish stock that would otherwise take hours to cobble together.

Number of servings: 2 cups

Estimated Prep Time: 5 minutes

Estimated Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

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8 oz Clam Juice

1 cup Water

1/2 cup White Wine (dry)

2 Bay Leaves

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce right down to a simmer for 15 minutes.

Comments

The secret to this recipe is in making sure that the 1/2 cup of wine used in it isn't your last, otherwise that would defeat the purpose of the 15 minute simmer: time enough to dash out on the balcony with the remainder in the bottle for a fag and a slag before the wretched hordes arrive demanding food.

Easily doubled.

"Il avait le courage de deux heures après minuit; c'est-à -dire le courage de l'improviste." pace Napoleon.

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