Bouillabaisse - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup dry sherry
1/2 teaspoon saffron
1 1 lb flounder or 1 lb trout, boned and fillet
1/2 - 1 1/2-1 lb scallops (cleaned and shelled) or 1/2-1 lb crabmeat (cleaned and shelled)
10 small clams
10 mussels
2 small squid, cleaned and sliced into rings
1/4 cup olive oil
1 large onion, diced
2 shallots, minced
1 carrot, diced
1 cup fennel bulb, thinly sliced
6 garlic cloves, minced
28 ounces tomatoes, diced with liquid
2 2 cups clam juice (or Recipe #147961) or 2 cups chicken broth (or Shrimp Stock (2 Methods))
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon basil
2 tablespoons fresh parsley
pepper
Garnish
garlic-infused olive oil
parsley
red pepper flakes

Preparation

Add saffron to sherry set aside.
Cut fish into bite size pieces.
Scrub clams and mussels.
In a large stock pot heat oil. Saute onions, shallots, carrot, fennel, and garlic in oil on low heat until lightly golden.
Add all liquids and seasonings including the saffron infused sherry.
Bring to just a boil. Lower heat and simmer 15 minutes. Add all seafood adding squid last, mix and simmer 10 minutes.
Serve hot in large bowls.
Top with garnishes.
Serve with crusty bread, and a tossed salad.