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California bouillabaisse

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Categories: Exotic, Seafood, Soups & Stews
Yield: 8
Rating: 0
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Ingredients:
1/2 cupOil
2 Garlic cloves, minced
1 largeOnion, sliced
2 smallLeeks, thinly sliced
1 Bay leaf
2 cupPeeled and chopped tomatoes
2 cupFish stock
-=OR=- half water and
- half bottled clam juice
1 cupDry white wine
1/4 cupChopped fresh fennel, -=OR=-
1/2 tsp-Crushed fennel seeds
1/8 tspCrushed saffron threads
1 tspSalt
1/4 tspBlack pepper
2 tbspMinced parsley
2 Lobster tails
- split through shells
1 lbsRed snapper, cut in chunks
1 lbsHalibut or sea bass chunks
12 medShrimp
6 Dungeness crab legs
6 Clams
6 Oysters
6 Mussels
Crusty bread (optional)
Procedures:
1Heat oil in large pot.
2Add garlic, onion, leeks and bay leaf and cook until onion is tender but not browned.
3Add tomatoes, stock, wine, fennel, saffron, salt, pepper and parsley.
4Bring to boil.
5Reduce heat and simmer about 5 minutes.
6Add lobster, snapper and halibut and cook 10 minutes.
7Rinse shrimp and crab and scrub clams, oysters and mussels.
8Add shellfish to pot and cook 5 minutes or until shells open.
9Ladle into large soup plates and serve with crusty bread, if desired.
10makes 6 to 8 servings
11(c) 1992 the los angeles times
 
 
 
 

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