Bouillabaisse
Marseille's fish stew — a saffron and fennel broth built on rockfish, served with rouille and toast.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg mixed white fish and rockfish
- 500 g mussels
- 1 pieces fennel bulb, sliced
- 1 pieces leek, sliced
- 4 pieces tomatoes, chopped
- 1 g saffron threads
- 1 pieces orange peel strip
- 6 pieces garlic cloves
- 100 ml olive oil
- 3 tbsp Pernod
- 400 g potatoes, sliced
- 2 l water
- 8 baguette slices, toasted, to serve
- 150 g rouille, to serve
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 4068 kcal · P 424.6g · C 223.8g · F 176.2g
Estimated from 14 of 14 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Fillet the fish and keep every head and bone. Refrigerate the fillets.
- 2Sweat the fennel, leek and half the garlic in the olive oil for 10 minutes without colouring.
- 3Add the fish bones and heads and cook 5 minutes, then add the tomatoes, orange peel, saffron and 2 litres of water.
- 4Simmer 40 minutes, then press everything through a sieve or food mill — the pressed solids are what give bouillabaisse its body, so do not simply strain and discard.
- 5Return the broth to the pan, add the Pernod and the potatoes and cook 15 minutes.
- 6Add the firmest fish first and the delicate ones last, spacing them 2-3 minutes apart, then the mussels.
- 7Cook only until the fish is just opaque, about 8 minutes total.
- 8Serve the broth and fish together, with the toasted baguette spread with rouille and floated on top.
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Questions and answers
How long does Bouillabaisse take to make?
About 115 minutes: 45 min prep and 70 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Bouillabaisse?
14 ingredients: mixed white fish and rockfish, mussels, fennel bulb, leek, tomatoes, saffron threads, orange peel strip, garlic cloves, olive oil, Pernod, potatoes, water and 2 more.
How many servings does this Bouillabaisse recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Bouillabaisse?
About 678 kcal, with 70.8 g protein, 37.3 g carbohydrate and 29.4 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Bouillabaisse?
Bouillabaisse comes from French cuisine.
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