Simple Bouillabaisse Recipe
Ingredients
| 4 tablespoons olive oil or 3 oz. butter | ||
| Onion | 1 Large, sliced | |
| Garlic | 2 Clove (5gm), crushed | |
| Tomatoes | 2 , sliced | |
| About 1 1/2 lb. white fish, use if possible a mixture consisting of sole or plaice, red mullet, eel, hake, John Dory | ||
| Good pinch saffron powder | ||
| Bay Leaf | 1 | |
| Salt | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Pepper | 1 | |
| Water | 1 1/2 Pint | |
| 1 small lobster or few prawns | ||
| White wine | 1/4 Pint | |
| Chopped parsley | ||
Directions
Heat the oil or butter in a large saucepan, then fry the sliced onion, crushed garlic and sliced tomatoes until soft.
Add all the other ingredients except lobster or prawns, wine and chopped parsley.
Simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Take out the bay leaf and add the chopped lobster meat or prawns and heat for a further 5 minutes.
Add wine and reheat.
Pour into hot dish or soup plates and garnish with chopped parsley.
Serve with toast or French bread.
Add all the other ingredients except lobster or prawns, wine and chopped parsley.
Simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Take out the bay leaf and add the chopped lobster meat or prawns and heat for a further 5 minutes.
Add wine and reheat.
Pour into hot dish or soup plates and garnish with chopped parsley.
Serve with toast or French bread.
Chef
