BOUILLABAISSE
This simply prepared fish stew is a classic French recipe from Marseilles. Serve with a slice of hot toast topped with a spoonful of rouille.
Provided by Mary Young
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Seafood
Time 40m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan, and add the onions, leeks, chopped tomatoes, and garlic. Cook and stir over a low heat for a few minutes until all vegetables are soft.
- Stir in the fennel, thyme, bay leaf, and orange zest. Add shellfish and boiling water; stir to combine. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Turn up the heat to high, and boil for about 3 minutes to allow the oil and water to combine.
- Add fish, and reduce the heat to medium. Continue cooking for 12 to 15 minutes, or until fish is cooked. The fish should be opaque and tender, but still firm. Fish should not be falling apart.
- Taste the bouillabaisse and adjust the seasoning. Stir in saffron, and then pour soup into a warmed tureen or soup dishes. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 365.3 calories, Carbohydrate 6 g, Cholesterol 124.5 mg, Fat 18 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 42.9 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 202.9 mg, Sugar 2.3 g
BOUILLABAISSE
Steps:
- For the shrimp stock: In a large saucepan over high heat, heat the oil until almost smoking. Add the shrimp shells and tails, onion, carrot and celery and saute, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the wine and cook until reduced by half, then add 10 cups of cold water, the tomatoes, parsley, bay leaf and peppercorns. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium low and simmer, skimming the surface occasionally, for 40 minutes.
- Strain the stock through a strainer lined with cheesecloth into a large bowl, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible; discard the solids. The stock can be made 2 days in advance and stored tightly covered in the refrigerator, or frozen up to 3 months.
- For the tomato aioli: Combine the mayonnaise, anchovies, tomato powder, tomato paste, green onion, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.
- For the broth: Heat the oil in a large, high-sided saute pan over high heat and cook the fennel and onion until they begin to soften. Add the pastis and cook until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, saffron, chile flakes and 2 cups of the shrimp stock. Bring to a boil, add the garlic and cook until reduced by half, about 10 minutes. Add 4 more cups of shrimp stock, reduce the heat and cook until the flavors meld and the broth reduces slightly, about 20 minutes. Strain the shrimp-tomato broth into a large bowl, discard the solids, pour the liquid back into the high-sided saute pan and set aside.
- For the anchovy butter: Put the anchovies and butter in a bowl and mix until combined. Season with salt and pepper, cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 20 minutes.
- For the seafood: Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large saute pan over high heat. Season the scallops on both sides with salt and pepper. Sear the scallops on one side until golden brown, about 2 minutes, then turn over and cook for 30 seconds. Remove to a baking sheet.
- Add another tablespoon of the oil to the pan and season both sides of the halibut fillets with salt and pepper. Sear on one side until golden brown, then turn over and cook for 30 seconds. Remove to the baking sheet with the scallops.
- Heat the remaining tablespoon of oil in the large saute pan, season the shrimp with salt and pepper and sear until the shells become lightly golden brown, about 1 1/2 minutes per side. Deglaze the pan with 1 cup of the reserved shrimp-tomato broth. Transfer the liquid to the remaining shrimp-tomato broth in the high-sided saute pan.
- Heat the shrimp-tomato broth over high heat. Add the mussels, cover and cook until they open, about 2 minutes. Remove the mussels to the baking sheet with a slotted spoon and discard any that did not open.
- Add the seared seafood and lobster tails to the shrimp-tomato broth, cover and let cook for 2 minutes.
- To serve: Add the anchovy butter to the broth and cook until thickened; stir in the parsley, tarragon and lemon zest. Top each baguette slice with a large dollop of tomato aioli and garnish with chives. Divide the seafood and broth among 6 large, slightly shallow soup bowls. Top each with a tomato aioli crouton and garnish with more parsley or tarragon or chives, if desired.
AUTHENTIC FRENCH BOUILLABAISSE
Steps:
- Fish Soup Heat olive oil in the bouillabaisse pot. When it starts steaming, add the fish and cook 20 minutes, or until the skin starts to detach. Add bouquet garni, onion, garlic, shallot, 1 tablespoon fennel seeds, tomato paste and chopped tomatoes. Simmer 1 minute. Add 2 tablespoons Pastis and ignite. Add water to cover, then add saffron and simmer 40 minutes. Meanwhile, slice the red snapper into 4 steaks and peel potatoes. Fennel and Pastis sauce Pour 1 pint of cream into a small pan. Add remaining fennel seeds and remaining Pastis. Bring mixture to a boil, then remove pan from heat. Let it infuse for 30 minutes. Fish brandade In a separate pan, boil potatoes, then drain and set aside. When the soup is ready, add fish steaks. Cook 20 to 30 minutes. Remove fish. With a food mill, puree potatoes and fish together with remaining cream, red pepper flakes, salt and a drizzle of olive oil. Mix well and reserve. Reduce the soup base over medium-high heat until slightly thickened. Aioli Aioli can be made with a mortar and pestle, or with a mixing bowl and whisk. Combine egg yolks, salt, garlic and red pepper flakes. Drizzle in equal parts olive oil and canola oil until it is a mayonnaise consistency. Whisk in Dijon. Refrigerate. Serving Spread aioli on the baguette slices or baked puff pastry. Place a mound of fish brandade in a wide soup plate. Blend fennel and Pastis sauce until a foam forms, and pour it onto the brandade. Pour on the heated soup. Serve with aioli toasts. Fish substitutes for American cooks: A combination of firm and soft fish works well. Choose five different fish for the best flavor. Try some of these for the firm fish: bluefish, swordfish, red snapper, sea bass, cod, monkfish or thick fillets of halibut. Soft fish can include tilapia, perch, flounder, sole or thin fillets of halibut.
BOUILLABAISSE
Make this classic French fish soup at a dinner party for friends and family. It's a challenge, but will make an impressive starter or main course
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Categories Dinner, Fish Course, Lunch, Main course, Soup, Starter
Time 2h
Number Of Ingredients 29
Steps:
- To make the croutons heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Lay the slices of bread on a flat baking tray in a single layer, drizzle with olive oil and bake for 15 mins until golden and crisp. Set aside - can be made a day ahead and kept in an airtight container.
- Use a layer of the green part of the leek to wrap around and make a herb bundle with the thyme, bay, parsley stalks, orange peel and chilli. Tie everything together with kitchen string and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a very large casserole dish or stock pot and throw in the onion, sliced leek and fennel and cook for about 10 mins until softened. Stir through the garlic and cook for 2 mins more, then add the herb bundle, tomato purée, star anise, Pernod if using, chopped tomatoes and saffron. Simmer and stir for a minute or two then pour over the fish stock. Season with salt and pepper, bring to a simmer, then add the piece of potato. Bubble everything gently for 30 mins until you have a thin tomatoey soup. When that piece of potato is on the brink of collapse, fish it out and set aside to make the rouille.
- While the broth is simmering make the rouille by crushing the garlic, chilli and saffron with a pinch of salt in a mortar with a pestle. Mash in the cooked potato to make a sticky paste then whisk in the egg yolk and, very gradually, the olive oil until you make a mayonnaise-like sauce. Stir in the lemon juice and set aside.
- Once the chunky tomato broth has cooked you have two options: for a rustic bouillabaisse, simply poach your fish in it along with the mussels, if you're using (just until they open) and serve. For a refined version, remove the herb bundle and star anise. Using a handheld or table-top blender, blitz the soup until smooth. Pass the soup through a sieve into a large, clean pan and bring to a gentle simmer. Starting with the densest fish, add the chunks to the broth and cook for 1 min before adding the next type. With the fish we used, the order was: monkfish, John Dory, grey mullet, snapper. When all the fish is in, scatter over the mussels, if using, and simmer everything for about 5 mins until just cooked and the mussels have opened.
- Use a slotted spoon to carefully scoop the fish and mussels out onto a warmed serving platter, moisten with just a little broth and scatter over the chopped parsley. Bring everything to the table. Some people eat it as two courses, serving the broth with croutons and rouille first, then the fish spooned into the same bowl. Others simply serve it as a fish stew. Whichever way you choose the rouille is there to be stirred into the broth to thicken and give it a kick.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 608 calories, Fat 33 grams fat, SaturatedFat 5 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 26 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 11 grams sugar, Fiber 7 grams fiber, Protein 38 grams protein, Sodium 0.72 milligram of sodium
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