Cataplana- A Portuguese Fish Stew

Ingredients

• 400 g or 14 ounces clams
• 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
• 1 small green pepper, cut into strips
• ½ bunch, coarsely chopped
• 5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 1 bird’s eye chile, finely chopped
• 3 large tomatoes, peeled and seeded (see note below) and thinly sliced
• Kosher salt
• 150 ml or ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 300 g or 11 ounces monkfish tails or loins, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 300 g or 11 ounces snapper, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 2 bay leaves
• 150 ml or about ½ cup dry white wine
• 16 large raw prawns, unpeeled
• 100 g or 3 ½ ounces ham, cut into small cubes
• 80 grams chorizo, very thinly sliced
• 1000 g or 2 pounds new potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced