The Ultimate Sea Food Soup
Ingredients
- 2 blue crabs
- 1 1/2 pounds jumbo shrimp
- 1 lemon, halved and juiced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 small fennel bulb, halved
- 1 orange, zest peeled in big strips
- 1 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, plus more for garnish
- 6 fresh thyme sprigs
- 2 medium tomatoes, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 head garlic
- 1 leek, halved
- 1/2 onion
- 5 cups cold water
- 2 cups dry white wine
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 4 lobster claws
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Pinch saffron threads
- 2 lobster tails
- 4 pounds black sea bass, bones reserved,*see Cook's note
- Rouille, recipe follows
- Croutons, recipe follows
- Chopped fresh parsley leaves, for garnish
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