Wiki: | Bouillabaisse is a traditional, a compound that consists of the two verbs bolhir and abaissar (to reduce heat, i.e. , simmer). Bouillabaisse is a fish soup containing various kinds of cooked fish and shellfish and vegetables, flavored with a variety of herbs and spices such as garlic, orange peel, basil, bay leaf, fennel and saffron. There are at least three kinds of fish in a traditional bouillabaisse, typically scorpionfish; sea robin; and European conger; and it can also include gilt-head bream; turbot; monkfish; mullet; or silver hake It also usually includes shellfish and other seafood such as sea urchins, mussels; velvet crabs; spider crab or octopus. |