How to make fish soup Archive

Ingredients

• 3 x whole white fish (such as bream, John Dory or snapper), gutted
• large handful prawns in the shell
• large handful mussels in the shell
• 400g/14oz waxy potatoes, such as Desirée, peeled and cut into 2cm chunks
• 1 tbsp chopped flatleaf parsley
• drizzle of olive oil
• 30ml/2 tbsp olive oil
• fish trimmings, including head and bones, from fish listed above
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 1 small bulb fennel, chopped
• 3 ripe tomatoes
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed with the flat side of a knife
• 1 large sprig thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 pinches saffron strands
• 1-2 star anise
• 2 litres/3½ pints boiling water
• salt and freshly ground black pepper