Fish Soup (Brodo di Pesce) Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 pounds firm white fish fillet, such as red snapper or sea bream
• 1/2 pound scallops, muscle tabs removed, cut in half if large
• 1/2 pound shrimp, cleaned and tails removed
• 1/2 pound squid, cleaned and cut into bite-size pieces
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed saffron threads
• 2 dozen littleneck clams, scrubbed
• 2 dozen mussels, scrubbed and debearded
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
• 3 Roma tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped
• 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh flat-leaf parsley, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves, torn
• 4 cups fish stock or water, as needed
• Kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper