I probably wouldn't try to eat something that can poison AND give me an electrical shock...
Otoh, I found a recipe that calls for both monkfish AND stargazer.
Arros a banda (
A banda style rice).
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
1/2 kg. anglerfish (
Lophius piscatorius or
ly Lophius americanus), 1/4 kg. mackerel, 1/4 kg. horse mackerel, 1/4 kg. blue-mouth rock fish,
1/4 kg. eastern stargazer (
Kathetostoma laeve but since this is a Spanish dish, I wonder whether
Uranoscopus scaber can be used instead...), 1/4 kg. squilla, 150 gr. cauliflower, 4 small potatoes, 400 gr. rice, 2 dried red pepper pods, 4 cloves of garlic, saffron, olive oil, salt.
Preparation:
Lightly fry the dried red pepper pods and grind them in a mortar with the garlic cloves. Add a little salt. Lightly fry the cauliflower and potato in the same oil and add the crushed pepper. Pour in water to cover the ingredients and let simmer for 10 minutes. Add the fish in order of texture and hardness. Add the saffron, leave the fish to simmer for 10 to 12 minutes and then strain off the stock. Add salt to taste. In a separate casserole, lightly fry the rice in a little oil and then add the fish stock.
Leave to simmer for 18 minutes and then turn the heat off. Let settle for 5 minutes before serving. The fish is served separately (hence the name
a banda) as a second dish.
Recipe courtesy of Agencia Valenciana del Turisme.
