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Recipe : *** Bouillabaisse with prawns

Bouillabaisse with prawns
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Course:
Main Dish

Practical information

  • Prep time
    40 min
  • Cooking
    50 min
  • Ready in
    1 h 30
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Friendly budget
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Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 3 red mullet, descaled
  • 12 raw large tiger prawns
  • 5 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 onions, finely chopped
  • 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2 leeks, finely chopped
  • 1 bulb fennel, finely chopped (reserve the top)
  • 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds
  • 1 teaspoon tomato purée
  • 1 small bunch freshly chopped flat leaf parsley
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 strips orange peel
  • 1 teaspoon saffron stamens
  • 2 tablespoons pernod or similar
  • 36 mussels
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons salt
  • 450 g of monkfish fillet
  • 900 g sea bass, descaled
  • 700 g tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 l mineral water
  • 500 ml fish stock

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Remove the heads from the prawns, cut along the length of their backs with a sharp knife and remove the intestinal tract. Set aside.
  • 2
    Cut the monkfish into 1.5in chunks. Fillet the sea bass and red mullet, reserving the head and bones. Cut each fillet of sea bass into three pieces.
  • 3
    Heat the olive oil in a large pan and add the onion, garlic, leek, and fennel. Cook gently for 10 minutes or until the vegetables are soft, but not coloured.
  • 4
    Stir in the tomatoes, fennel seeds, tomato purée, all the prawn shells and fish trimmings, the chopped parsley, thyme and bay leaves. Add the orange zest, fish stock and mineral water and finally the saffron. Bring to the boil and simmer gently, uncovered, for 30-40 minutes skimming the surface occasionally to remove any froth.
  • 5
    When the fish broth has reduced to about 6 cups, remove from the heat and strain into a clean pan. Add the pernod, taste and season accordingly. Return to a simmer and add the monkfish, mussels, sea bass and red mullet. Bring back up to a simmer and add the prawns. Cook for a further 2 minutes or until the mussels have opened and the prawns have turned pink.
  • 6
    Using a slotted spoon, transfer the fish to a warm serving plate and pour the soup into a tureen. Sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately
  • Ready !