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Mediterranean Fish Soup

Mediterranean Fish Soup
Serves 6
Photo: tastelobster.ca
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Ingredients
  1. 2 tbsp olive oil
  2. 2 onions, medium diced
  3. 1 fennel bulb, medium diced
  4. 2 celery sticks, medium diced
  5. 1 carrot, medium diced
  6. 3 large garlic cloves, chopped
  7. 3 tomatoes, medium diced
  8. 1 leek, dark green end removed, medium diced
  9. 1 tsp saffron strands
  10. 1 cup white wine
  11. 1 tsp dried thyme
  12. 1 tbsp salt
  13. Cracked black pepper, to taste
  14. 1 bay leaf
  15. 5 cups of water
  16. 1lb blue mussels
  17. 12 raw scallops
  18. 12 raw shrimp, shells removed
  19. 1 cup cooked lobster meat, chopped
Instructions
  1. In a medium-sized stock pot, heat olive oil, then add onion, fennel, celery and carrot.
  2. Cook over medium-high heat for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
  3. Add garlic and continue cooking for 1 minute.
  4. Add tomato, leek, saffron, white wine, thyme, salt, pepper, bay leaf and water.
  5. Bring soup to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
  6. When ready to serve, add seafood, cover and cook for approximately 5 minutes until mussel shells have opened and scallops and shrimp are cooked.
  7. To serve, ladle soup into wide soup plates and garnish with fresh chopped parsley if desired.
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