Recipe: Les Zygomates Bouillabaisse [edit]

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Yield: 4 servings

[edit] Ingredients

6

tomatoes

2

onions, diced

2

bulbs fennel, thinly sliced lengthwise

8

teaspoons olive oil

½

cup Pernod (French licorice aperitif)

2

quarts fish stock or clam juice

Bouquet garni (6 sprigs fresh thyme, a bay leaf and 6 parsley sprigs tied together with kitchen twine or floss)

1

pch saffron

Salt and pepper

2

teaspoons butter

½

pound scallops

½

pound shrimp, peeled

½

pound fresh white fish (cut into 1-inch squares)

½

pound mussels, cleaned

1

boiled lobster tail, cut into 4 pieces

[edit] Preparation

Step 1

Cut the tomatoes in half and roast in a shallow pan in a 450-degree oven for 10 minutes. Carefully peel and set aside. Heat 4 T. olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Saute the onions and fennel 5-7 minutes or until transparent. Add the Pernod. Carefully light with a match. When the flame has extinguished, add the fish stock or clam juice. Bring to a boil.

Step 2

Lower the heat to a simmer and add the tomatoes, bouquet garni and saffron.

Step 3

Simmer the soup for an hour. Salt and pepper to taste.

Step 4

Fifteen minutes before you are ready to eat, heat the remaining 4 T. olive oil and the butter in a large saute pan. Add the scallops, shrimp, fish and mussels and cook until tender, 5-6 minutes. Add the cooked fish and the lobster tail to the broth. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and serve immediately.

Step 5

Makes 4 servings.

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