Bouillabaisse

Shopping list

• Fruit and vegetables

  • 2 onions, finely chopped
  • 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2 leeks, finely chopped
  • 1 bulb fennel, finely chopped (reserve the tops)
  • 1 small bunch freshly chopped flat leaf parsley
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 2 strips orange peel

• Cooking ingredients

  • 5 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp of fennel seeds
  • 1 tsp tomato purée
  • 500ml/1pt fish stock
  • 1 tsp saffron stamens
  • 5-10g/1-2tsp salt

• Meat, fish and poultry

  • 3 red mullet, descaled
  • 450g/1lb of monkfish fillet
  • 1 x 900g/2lb sea bass, descaled
  • 12 raw large tiger prawns
  • 36 mussels

• Other

  • 675g/1½lb tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2L/3½pt bottle mineral water
  • 2 tbsp pernod, or similar

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