Northwest Bouillabaisse

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil plus 3 tablespoons
• 2 leeks (most of green top removed) or 1 large onion, thinly sliced across
• 4 cloves garlic, leave whole
• 1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced
• 1 cup white wine
• 3 ripe tomatoes, chopped coarse
• 1 medium bouquet garni
• 1/4 cup Pernod or Ricard
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads, soaked in 1 Tb. water for 30 minutes
• 1 lb. mussels, de-bearded
• 1 lb. clams
• 1/2 lb. halibut or ling cod, cut into big chunks
• 1/2 lb. salmon
• 1/2 lb. shrimp, 20-21 count, peeled