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Gallery Traditional Bouillabaisse Recipe Summary Servings: 8
Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 1 teaspoon packed saffron 1/2 cup pastis or Pernod 1 fennel bulb, trimmed, 1/2 cup fronds reserved; outer layer thinly sliced (1 cup); remainder coarsely chopped (1 1/2 cups) 1 garlic bulb, cloves coarsely chopped 8 pounds mixed whole fish from the following list: red snapper, monkfish, striped bass, sea bass, tilefish, porgy; cleaned, filleted, and skinned (do not skin snapper), heads reserved, bones chopped; at home, remove pin bones from flesh with needle-nose p Fleur de sel (or coarse salt) 1 3/4 cups extra-virgin olive oil 2 pounds additional heads and/or bones from similar fish, skeletons cut into large pieces 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped onion 3 leeks, white and pale-green parts only, coarsely chopped and rinsed well 3 celery stalks, coarsely chopped 2 tablespoons tomato paste 2 1/2 cups good-quality dry white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc 1 medium orange, zested with a vegetable peeler, then juiced (1/2 cup) 2 bay leaves (preferably fresh) 6 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley 6 sprigs fresh thyme 2 sprigs fresh rosemary 4 cups chopped tomatoes (from about 2 pounds whole; drain if canned) 1 pound mixed mussels, such as Prince Edward Island and green-lipped New Zealand, scrubbed and beards removed 10 large (20- to 30-count) head-on shrimp 2 1/2 pounds fingerling or other small waxy potatoes, peeled, cut into 3/4-inch chunks...