Bouillabaisse - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. chopped onion
2 tsp. minced garlic
1/4 c. vegetable oil
1/2 c. sliced celery
6 oz. can tomato paste
1 c. water
3 1/2 c. chicken stock
1/8 tsp. saffron
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/4 c. parsley
1/2 tsp. salt
pepper to taste
1 1/2 lb. clams in shells
8 oz. clam juice
1 lb. snapper filet
1/2 lb. shrimp
1/2 lb. sea scallops
1/2 lb. crab or lobster

Preparation

Saute onion, garlic and celery.
Add tomato paste, water, stock, wine, bay leaf, saffron, thyme, parsley, salt and pepper. Simmer 10 to 15 minutes.
Stir in clams and clam juice.
Simmer 5 minutes.
Add fish, shrimp, scallops, crab or lobster.
Simmer 8 to 10 minutes longer until clams open.