The Lady's Bouillabaisse | Paula Deen

Ingredients

• 1 lb mussels
• 2 lbs firm fresh or striped bass or another fish fillet grouper fillets
• 1/3 cup Olive oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
• 3/4 cup chopped onions
• 5 peeled and sliced ( or 1 cup canned Italian tomatoes) roma tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground Black pepper
• 2 tablespoons plus more for the bread and plating Butter
• 2 1/2 cups Boiling water
• 1/2 (8 oz) bottle clam juice
• 4 cut in 1/2 crab halves
• 1 lb unpeeled shrimp
• 1 loaf French bread
• pinch saffron