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Preparation time
less than 30 mins
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Cooking time
30 mins to 1 hour
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Serves
Serves 2
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Ingredients
To make the garlic mayonnaise
- 2 free-range egg yolks
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 lemon, juice only
- 50ml/2fl oz olive oil
- 100ml/3½fl oz rapeseed oil
- salt
To make the stock
- 1 litre/1¾ pints fish stock
- shells from 2 crabs (ask your fishmonger for these)
To make the bourride
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 red pepper, finely chopped
- 1 bird’s eye chilli
- pinch ground saffron
- 1 orange, peel only, pared and cut into strips
- 200ml/7fl oz fish stock, from above
- 1 large red mullet, filleted
- 1 John Dory, filleted
- 2 small squid or cuttlefish, cleaned and prepared
- 2 scallops, shelled and corals removed
- 1 cooked crab claw
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
To serve
- 4 baby leeks or large spring onions
- 4 small new potatoes, scrubbed but skin left on
Method
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To make the garlic mayonnaise, place the egg yolks, garlic, mustard and lemon juice in a food processor and blend. Gradually add the oil until you have the consistency of mayonnaise. Season with salt and set aside.
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To make the stock, boil the fish stock and crab shells together for 30 minutes. Pass through a sieve then return to the pan and keep warm on the stove.
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To make the bourride, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large heavy bottomed saucepan and fry the onion, garlic and red pepper gently over a low heat for 5 minutes. Add the chilli, saffron and orange peel and simmer for 5 minutes.
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Place in a blender and blitz to a purée. Return to the pan and add 200ml/7fl oz of the stock. Keep warm.
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Cook the potatoes in the remaining fish stock for 10 minutes, then add the leeks or spring onions and cook for 2 minutes. Drain the potatoes, discarding the stock, and keep warm.
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Season the fish, squid and scallops with salt and pepper and heat the remaining oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. Fry the seafood for 5 minutes, turning to colour on all sides. Add the seafood along with the crab claw to the soup and simmer for a further 5–10 minutes, until cooked through.
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Remove the seafood from the soup and divide between two bowls.
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Add the mayonnaise to the soup and blitz in a blender. Pour over the fish and serve with the potatoes and vegetables on the side.