French Style Fish Soup

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Ingredients

1/2 recipe Foundation Soup base see * Note

2 cups Fish stock

2 Garlic cloves minced

4 mediums Boiling potatoes peeled, and

cut into 1/2" dice

1 teaspoon Saffron dissolved in

1 tablespoon Warm water

1 pkt Frozen petite peas - (10 oz) thawed

1 1/2 pounds Fish fillets cut ¾" cubes

(such as monkfish, halibut, or fresh Salt to taste

Tabasco sauce to taste

1/2 cup Mayonnaise mixed with

1/4 cup Pimentos

Preparation

Bring Foundation Soup base with fish stock and 1 clove garlic to a simmer. Add potatoes, cover and simmer 15 minutes. Add half of saffron mixture, the peas and fish and simmer gently for 5 minutes or until fish is cooked through. Season to taste with salt and Tabasco. Meanwhile, combine the mayonnaise with remaining garlic and saffron. Stir into soup, if you wish.

This recipe yields 4 servings.