The Lady's Bouillabaisse

Name: The Lady's Bouillabaisse
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps butter plus more, for the bread and plating; 227 grams 1/2 clam juice; 4 crab halves, cut in 1/2; 1 teaspoon fennel seed; 907 grams firm fresh fish fillets, such as grouper or striped bass; 1 loaf French bread; 2 Tbsps finely chopped garlic; 454 grams mussels; 79 milliliters olive oil; 177 milliliters chopped onions; 5 Roma tomatoes, peeled and sliced, or 1 cup canned Italian tomatoes; 1 pinch Pinch saffron; 454 grams unpeeled shrimp; 591 milliliters boiling water; 1 Tbsp plus 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

The Lady's Bouillabaisse is a pescatarian main course. One serving contains 471 calories, 45g of protein, and 16g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes. If you have mussels, roma tomatoes, clam juice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as The Lady's Bouillabaisse, My simplified Fish Bouillabaisse — Ma bouillabaisse version simplifiée, and Bouillabaisse.

Instructions

Wash and scrub the mussels in cold water.

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Water

Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a large heavy pot.

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Add the mussels and cover the pot.* Steam for 6 to 8 minutes or until the mussels open. Discard any mussels that didn't open.

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Remove from the heat and set aside.

Cut the fish into 1-inch thick slices.

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Heat the oil in a large pot.

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Add the garlic, onions, tomatoes, fennel, saffron, salt, and pepper.

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Add the mussel broth to the pot and 2 tablespoons of butter.

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Add the boiling water and clam juice. Bring to a rolling boil, add the crabs and fish, and continue to boil for 6 to 8 minutes.

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Add the mussels along with the shrimp, and boil for an additional 5 minutes.

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Slice the French bread, butter it, and toast lightly.

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Serve the bouillabaisse in large individual bowls lined with toasted French bread; pile in the seafood and ladle the broth over it. Top each bowl with 1 tablespoon of butter. Pass the remaining bread at the table.

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