BOUILLABAISSE - FRENCH SEAFOOD STEW, USUALLY OF SHELLFISH
A seafood stew from the Provence region of Southern France.
Bouillabaisse is very similar to Cioppino, but is not as robust. This version takes advantage of sausages from neighboring Spain or Portugal. You can use any fish you have or what is available at your local fishmonger or supermarket
RECIPE PRINTED FROM: THEGUTSYGOURMET.NET©
INGREDIENTS: SERVES 6
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ pound Spanish chorizo or Portugese linguica, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 2 cups diced onions
• 2 cups diced potatoes, blanched
• ½ cup julienned red peppers
• ½ cup julienned yellow peppers
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon Creole seasoning
• 3 cups chopped peeled and seeded tomatoes
• 4 bay leaves
• 1 pound lobster tails, split
• 2 soft shell crabs or 1 lb. crab pieces in the shell, cleaned
• ½ pound shrimp (21 count), peeled and tail on
• ½ pound mussels
• ½ pound clams
• 1 cup white wine
• Pinch of saffron
threads
• ¼ cup finely chopped flat leafed parsley
• ¼ pound shucked oysters
• Salt and pepper
to taste
• 1 cup garlic aioli in squeeze bottle
**SEE COOK'S NOTES**
• 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
• Loaf of crusty bread
DIRECTIONS:
1. In a large Dutch oven, heat the olive oil. When the oil is hot, render the sausage for 2 minutes. Remove the
sausage and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, toss all the vegetables with the garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Place one third of
the vegetables evenly on the bottom of the pot. Place one third of the tomatoes and 2 of the bay leaves
on the vegetables.
3. Lay the lobsters, meat side down and the soft-shells or other crab on top of the tomato mixture. Sprinkle
½ of the chorizo over the lobster. Layer ⅓ of the vegetables and tomatoes on top of the lobsters. Season
the shrimp with Creole seasoning. Lay the shrimp over the tomatoes. Layer the remaining ⅓ of the
vegetables and tomatoes over the shrimp. Layer ½ of the chorizo over the shrimp. Lay the mussels and
clams over the tomatoes. Add the wine, saffron and parsley. Cover the pot and cook for 30 minutes.
4. Remove the lid and add the oysters during the last 5 minutes of cooking. Ladle the bouillabaisse in an
over-sized platter. Garnish with the aioli, green onions and crusty bread.
**COOK'S NOTES**
**Garlic aioli is roasted garlic**, mayonnaise, and olive oil blended well. **See ROASTED GARLIC.
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