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Bouillabaisse

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Bouillabaisse

Bouillabaisse

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Equipment

  • - Stainless Steel Dutch Oven: A heavy-duty pot with high sides, great for simmering stews like Bouillabaisse.

  • - Ceramic Fish Poacher: Allows you to poach fish gently without affecting the texture and flavor, ideal for delicate seafood in Bouillabaisse.

  • - Heavy Duty Stock Pot: Capable of holding large volumes of liquid, perfect for making broths that form the base of Bouillabaisse.

  • - Large Cast Iron Skillet: Ideal for sautéing onions and garlic which are often used as a flavor base in bouillabaisse recipes.

  • - Chef's Knife: A versatile kitchen tool essential for chopping vegetables, herbs, and preparing seafood ingredients.

  • - Citrus Juicer: Useful for extracting juices from lemons or other citrus fruits commonly used in Bouillabaisse recipes for flavoring the broth.

  • - Digital Food Scale: Essential for precise measurements of ingredients, ensuring consistency and balance in complex dishes like Bouillabaisse.

  • - Strainer or Colander: Useful for straining out solids from the broth after cooking to achieve a clear soup base as preferred in some versions of Bouillabaisse.

Ingredients

  • 12 to 16 (1/2-inch-thick) baguette slices

  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

  • 1 garlic clove, halved

  • 1 (1- to 1 1/4 -lb) live lobster

  • 2 large tomatoes, peeled and coarsely chopped

  • 1 large onion, chopped

  • 4 garlic cloves, chopped

  • 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil

  • 1 lb boiling potatoes

  • 1/3 cup finely chopped fennel fronds (sometimes called anise)

  • 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf

  • 1/4 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads

  • 1 1/2 tablespoons coarse sea salt

  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

  • 9 cups white fish stock (or store-bought)

  • 3 pounds white fish fillets (such as monkfish, turbot, red snapper, striped bass, porgy, grouper, and/or cod), cut into 2-inch pieces

  • 1/2 pound cockles or small hard-shelled clams, scrubbed

  • 1/2 pound cultivated mussels, scrubbed and any beards removed

  • 1/2 pound large shrimp in shells

  • Rouille

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 250°F.
2

Instruction 2

Arrange bread slices in 1 layer in a shallow baking pan and brush both sides with oil. Bake until crisp, about 30 minutes. Rub 1 side of each toast with a cut side of garlic.
3

Instruction 3

Plunge lobster headfirst into a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling water, then cook, covered, 2 minutes from time lobster enters water. Transfer lobster with tongs to a colander and let stand until cool enough to handle. Discard hot water in pot. Put lobster in a shallow baking pan. Twist off claws with knuckles from body, then crack claws with a mallet or rolling pin and separate claws from knuckles. Halve body and tail lengthwise through shell with kitchen shears, then cut crosswise through shell into 2-inch pieces. Reserve lobster juices that accumulate in baking pan.
4

Instruction 4

Cook tomatoes, onion, and garlic in oil in cleaned 6- to 8-quart pot over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Meanwhile, peel potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch cubes. Stir potatoes into tomatoes with fennel fronds, bay leaf, saffron, sea salt, and pepper. Add stock and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, until potatoes are almost tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
5

Instruction 5

Add thicker pieces of fish and cockles to soup and simmer, covered, 2 minutes. Stir in mussels, shrimp, lobster, including juices, and remaining fish and simmer, covered, until they are just cooked through and mussels open wide, about 5 minutes.
6

Instruction 6

Stir 3 tablespoons broth from soup into rouille until blended.
7

Instruction 7

Arrange 2 croutons in each of 6 to 8 deep soup bowls. Carefully transfer fish and shellfish from soup to croutons with a slotted spoon, then ladle some broth with vegetables over seafood.
8

Instruction 8

Top each serving with 1 teaspoon rouille and serve remainder on the side.
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