Soupe de fruits de mer au safran~seafood soup w/saffron

Name: Soupe de fruits de mer au safran~seafood soup w/saffron
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 1/2 libra large shrimp; 1 libra clams; 1 libra mussels; 1 squid; 1/2 libra scallops; 2 shalots; 3 cloves of garlic; 1 carrot; 1 celery stalk; 4 Roma tomatoes; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 2 cups of chicken stock; 1/2 teaspoon Herbes de Provence; 1/2 teaspoon Espirit du Sel or Kosher Salt; 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper; 1/4 teaspoon of Saffron threads; 2 tablespoons Olive Oil; juice of lemon; 1/4 cup chopped parsley

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Main Dish

Very Easy

40 min

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time25 min

Heat the olive oil in any deep medium size pot, add chopped shalots and garlic and stir. Add herbes de Provence and stir.
Add chopped carrots and celery and stir. After few minutes add chopped up Roma tomatoes.
Add esprit du sel or kosher salt and pepper. Once the tomatoes and carrots look cooked add the tomato paste.
Add chicken stock and stir well. At this point add those beautiful thread of Saffron. Let the stock simmer.
Now you can add shrimp first, only takes few minutes to cook. Cut up the calamari (squid) into small rings and add to the soup.
Add scallops. Add clams and mussels, cover with a lid and let it cook for no more than 5 minutes. Clams and mussels shells should be opened which means they are cooked.
Take the lid off and add fresh lemon juice and chopped parsley.

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