
Mediterranean Fish Soup
2015-10-21 08:43:38

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