Crab Soup with Fennel and Saffron from Sud de France by Caroline Conran

Crab Soup with Fennel and Saffron from Sud de France by Caroline Conran

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Sold as cranquettes, and also known as crabes enragées, these tiny crabs are furious, fierce little things – you find this out because they are sold live and when you get them home and tip them...

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Ingredients

  • salt, pepper
  • grated hard sheep’s cheese or Parmesan
  • rounds of toasted pain de campagne
  • 750 ml chicken or fish stock, fresh or made with stock cube
  • 1 small or ½ large hot red chilli pepper
  • 600 g tomatoes, skinned, deseeded and chopped
  • 2-3 tbsp Armagnac or brandy
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 leek
  • 1 onion
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 300 ml dry white wine
  • 1 packet powdered saffron or Spigol
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • generous bunch of fresh wild fennel twigs or dried fennel twigs
  • 1 kg live crabs

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