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Bouillabaisse

Posted on Apr 21st, 2015
by Gui Alinat
Categories:
  • Seafood Recipes
  • Stews, Casseroles Curries

Bouillabaisse

Gui Alinat
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Prep Time 6 hrs
Cook Time 50 mins
Total Time 6 hrs 50 mins
Course stew
Cuisine French
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 3 pounds sea bass cut in 12 small portions
  • 3 pounds red snapper cut in 12 small portions
  • 12 snow crab legs
  • 12 tiny Florida lobster tail
  • olive oil extra virgin
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 fennel bulb
  • 1 pound potatoes peeled, turned and blanched
  • baguette stale
  • 2 garlic clove
  • 1/2 lemon juice only
  • 3 tablespoons Tabasco Chipotle pepper sauce
  • 1 tablespoon saffron
  • 2 cups white wine dry
  • 3.5 quarts water
  • 1/2 teaspoon Provence herbs
  • 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 1/4 cup Pastis or any other Mediterranean, anise based liquor

ROUILLE

  • 1 cup olive oil extra virgin
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 clove garlic
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 small potatoes cooked and peeled
  • 1 teaspoon saffron
  • 6 tablespoons Tabasco garlic pepper

Instructions
 

Note:

  • Alternatively, a simpler method with no egg yolks can be prepared.In that case, the “rouille” can be made with 2 cups mayonnaise, 6 tablespoons of Tabasco Garlic Pepper Sauce, 1 tablesppon of fresh lemon juice, 2 garlic cloves and 1 teaspoon of saffron.

Broth

  • Make a broth with the snow crab legs, lobster shell, garlic, Tabasco chipotle pepper sauce, saffron, salt, wine, COLD water, Provence herbs, fennel seeds and Pastis. Bring to a boil and simmer 20 minutes. Turn off the heat and let infuse the flavors 20 minutes. You should end up with 4 quarts of clear, saffron color broth. Reserve the crab legs for future use.

Bouillabaisse

  • Toss all the fish, lobster, fennel and potatoes in olive oil, salt and pepper, and garlic. Marinate for 3 hours (ideally overnight).

Rouille

  • In a mortar, mash garlic and saffron with a pestle until you obtain a paste. Add the cooked potato and mash. Add and beat the eggs until very thick and lemon colored. Add salt.
  • Beating constantly, add olive oil VERY SLOWLY — literally drop by drop. After about half the oil has been added and the mixture is thickening, add lemon juice. Then continue adding olive oil slowly, beating until a thick emulsion (mayonnaise texture) is formed. At the end, add Tabasco garlic pepper sauce.

Assembly

  • Make crostini with stale baguette. Put the broth in a large sautoir and simmer gently. Delicately add the fish and lobster, fennel, potatoes and poach for about 10 minutes, depending on firmness of fish. Add crab legs at the end to reheat. Serve at once in a large soup bowl. Decorate with sprig of fennel, and a crostini with rouille.

Note:

  • This version of the rouille comes from Marseille, France. The use of the cooked potato is very traditional, and gives a rustic texture and a great elasticity to the rouille. In fact, the starch from the cooked potato acts as a natural emulsifier and will help during the process.

Notes

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Gui Alinat

Gui Alinat is an ACF Certified Executive Chef, and the author of The Chef’s Repertoire, and Eat More Burn More™. Born, raised and classically trained as a chef in France, he traveled extensively, working in restaurants around the world, including the UK, Spain, France, and almost every country in Latin America. Settling in Florida in 1999, he has catered more than 3000 high-end private events since then and is part of the team behind CW’s Gin Joint restaurant and The Vault Catering in Downtown Tampa. With an exclusive client base, and media recognition, his team has become a recognized landmark in the Tampa Bay culinary scene. Chef Gui has appeared on HSN and the Food Network, and at conferences across the country. His culinary style can be best described as modern, authentic cuisine with slight influences from Provence and elsewhere. Rustic yet elegant, his food is said to embody simplicity of taste, authentic ingredients and sharp presentations. He also focuses on sound nutrition and a very natural way of cooking and eating. He lives in Dunedin, Florida with his wife Carissa and their five children.

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