Seafood Bread

By LaLaCooks

From a PBS show featuring sandwiches that Jacques and Julia made.

Ingredients

• Butter:
• 1 wide baguette (day old)
• 1 c flat parsley or a combo of basil chive chevril and 1/2 cup of parsley
• 3 shallots
• 3 or 4 cloves garlic
• 3 or 4 tablespoons slivered almonds
• 1/1 /2 sticks softned butter
• salt
• pepper
• dash Pernod/Anise liquor
• 2 tb dry white wine
• Remaining ingredients:
• 1/2 lb shrimp, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1/2 lb scallops, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1/2 lb salmon, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1/2 wild shrooms cut coarse
• 3 to 4 tablespoons white wine
• several fronds of fresh dill

Preparation

Step 1

Thinly slice top of bread off. Hollow out bread being careful not to cut through the bottom of the loaf. Process removed bread into coarse crumbs and reserve.

Process butter ingredients in food processor until well combined.

Coat hollowed bread with 1/3 of the butter mixture.

Put 1/2 of the chopped mushrooms on top of butter
Add 1/2 of seafood mixture, remaining mushrooms, remainder of fish and top with remaining butter. Scatter bread crumbs over the top and then pour 1/4 cup of white wine over the top layer of bread crumbs.

Bake for 1 hour at 400 degrees.

Let rest for 10 minutes before cutting.