Bouillabaisse

Recipe courtesy Kelsey Nixon
Show: Kelsey's Essentials Episode: Stews

Photo: Bouillabaisse

TOTAL TIME: 1 hr 35 min
Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 10 min
 
YIELD: 4 to 6 servings
LEVEL: Intermediate

ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large onion, sliced
  • 1 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced, fronds reserved
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 1/2 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads
  • 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, in juice
  • 8 ounces Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 6 cups clam juice or fish stock
  • 15 mussels, cleaned and debearded
  • 15 large (20/25-count) shrimp, peeled, deveined and tail on
  • 15 little neck clams
  • 1 pound halibut, cut into 4 (4-ounce) pieces
  • Faux Rouille, recipe follows
  • Bouillabaisse Variations, recipes follow
FAUX ROUILLE:
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup prepared mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic or garlic paste
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Directions

Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion, fennel, and garlic, and saute until the vegetables just start to brown. Add the white wine and reduce. Add the orange zest, saffron, tomatoes, potatoes, and fish stock or clam juice. Bring the mixture to a boil.

Continue cooking until the vegetables are tender and the liquid has reduced, about 25 minutes.

Adjust the heat to medium-low and add the mussels and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the shrimp and clams and cook for 3 minutes more. Add the halibut and cook for an additional 4 to 5 minutes.

Before serving, the shells will have opened and the fish will be tender and flaky. Garnish with parsley and top with the faux rouille, recipe follows.

Faux Rouille:
In a bowl, mix together the sour cream, mayonnaise, minced garlic, paprika, fresh lemon juice, salt, and black pepper, to taste and top each serving of bouillabaisse with a dollop of the faux rouille.

Bouillabaisse Variations:
Latin Bouillabaisse: Saute 2 bell peppers, seeded and sliced and 1 serrano chile, seeded and minced along with the other vegetables. Add a handful of coarsely chopped fresh cilantro leaves to the broth base. Garnish the bouillabaisse with lime wedges.

Curried Bouillabaisse: Add 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom, 2 whole cloves, 2 1/2 tablespoons curry powder, 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, and 1/2 stick cinnamon to the broth base. Replace the fennel with thinly sliced lemongrass.

Chicken Bouillabaisse: Replace the fish with 6 chicken legs that have been sauteed until golden brown. Replace the clam juice with low-sodium chicken broth.

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  • on March 08, 2013

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    Absolutely awesome Kelsey!! Made this dish for my family on Christmas Eve and they thanked me over and over for letting them be my "bouillabaisse guinea pigs"! The flavors were wonderful and I substituted nothing, following the recipe to a tee: Thank you! Making it again tonight...
    Shannon

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  • on October 25, 2012

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    amazing & sexy, very very good & tastyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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  • on November 14, 2011

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    Delicious delicate not overly fishy just right

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