California Bouillabaisse
Yield
8 servingsPrep
15 minCook
30 minReady
45 minTrans-fat Free
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
½ | cup |
vegetable oil
|
|
2 | cloves |
garlic
minced |
|
1 | large |
onions
sliced |
|
2 | small |
leeks
thinly sliced |
* |
1 |
bay leaves
|
* | |
2 | cups |
tomatoes
peeled and chopped |
|
2 | cups |
fish stock
or half water and half bottled clam juice |
|
1 | cup |
white wine
dry |
* |
¼ | cup |
fennel bulb
fresh or, 1/2 ts crushed fennel seeds |
* |
⅛ | teaspoon |
saffron threads
crushed |
* |
1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
¼ | teaspoon |
black pepper
|
|
2 | tablespoons |
parsley leaves
minced |
|
2 |
lobster tails
split through shells |
* | |
1 | pound |
red snapper, whole fish
cut in chunks |
|
1 | pound |
halibut
or sea bass chunks |
|
12 | medium |
shrimp
|
* |
6 |
crab legs
|
* | |
6 |
clams
|
* | |
6 |
oysters
|
||
6 |
mussels
|
* | |
crusty bread
optional |
* |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
118 | ml |
vegetable oil
|
|
2 | cloves |
garlic
minced |
|
1 | large |
onions
sliced |
|
2 | small |
leeks
thinly sliced |
* |
1 | each |
bay leaves
|
* |
473 | ml |
tomatoes
peeled and chopped |
|
473 | ml |
fish stock
or half water and half bottled clam juice |
|
237 | ml |
white wine
dry |
* |
59 | ml |
fennel bulb
fresh or, 1/2 ts crushed fennel seeds |
* |
0.6 | ml |
saffron threads
crushed |
* |
5 | ml |
salt
|
|
1.3 | ml |
black pepper
|
|
3E+1 | ml |
parsley leaves
minced |
|
2 | each |
lobster tails
split through shells |
* |
453.6 | g |
red snapper, whole fish
cut in chunks |
|
453.6 | g |
halibut
or sea bass chunks |
|
12 | medium |
shrimp
|
* |
6 | each |
crab legs
|
* |
6 | each |
clams
|
* |
6 | each |
oysters
|
|
6 | each |
mussels
|
* |
1 | x |
crusty bread
optional |
* |
Directions
Heat oil in large pot.
Add garlic, onion, leeks and bay leaf and cook until onion is tender but not browned.
Add tomatoes, stock, wine, fennel, saffron, salt, pepper and parsley.
Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer about 5 minutes.
Add lobster, snapper and halibut and cook 10 minutes.
Rinse shrimp and crab and scrub clams, oysters and mussels.
Add shellfish to pot and cook 5 minutes or until shells open.
Ladle into large soup plates and serve with crusty bread, if desired.