Bouillabaisse

BOUILLABAISSE INGREDIENTS 04458 4 PEOPLE 1 kg of mixed fish (bream, red mullet, etc..), 200 g 300 g prawns, baby squid or Octopus, 200 g of cuttlefish or squid, 1/2 kg of mussels, 3 small rock crabs, 1 stick of celery, 1 leek, 2 medium onions, 2 carrots, 8 ripe tomatoes, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 bay leaf, sprig of thyme, 1 sachet of Saffron, 1 piece of Orange rind, 4 dl dry white wine 3 tablespoons olive oil, salt, pepper and toasted slices of bread.

Scraped PROCEDURE perfectly and washed mussels, put them to soak for 2 hours in salted water (about 100 g salt per litre of water).

Clean all the fish, scales, removed the heads, tails, flippers, holding aside, give entrails and then cut the larger fish to about 3 cm touches and let adult children.

Shelled shrimps devein and remove.

Clean the cuttlefish or squid, moscardini then wash them.

Put in a large saucepan the fish kept avandi aside.

Clean the vegetables, use only the white part of the leek, cut into two and four onions tomatoes.

Put all the vegetables in the pot (minus the whole tomatoes), wine, 1/2 l water, saffron, herbs, orange zest, salt and pepper.

Bring to the boil and cook to slight boil for about an hour.

Meanwhile private skin and seeds remaining tomatoes and chop coarsely.

In a pan then add in oil the cloves of chopped garlic, add the tomatoes, stir and cook on low heat for 15 minutes.

Strain the fish stock directly in the saucepan, trying to crush all the ingredients well.

Put pot on the fire, and as soon as the fish fumet begins to boil, add the baby octopus, cuttlefish (or squid or Octopus), after about 20 minutes put the other types of fish and after 10 minutes the prawns and mussels well drained.

The soup will be ready after 6 minutes.

When you will open the mussels.

Before turning off the smooth fire of salt and pepper.

Check out gently the fish with a slotted spoon and place in a warm serving dish, cover and keep aside.

Strain the broth directly into a bowl where you put the slices of bread.

Serve and enjoy before the soup and fish.