Lobster soup - The Field

Ingredients

• 1 bulb garlic
• 2 heads fennel
• 1 bunch celery
• 2 large onions
• 1 red chilli
• 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2 lobster shells (you have eaten the flesh already)
• 1/2 bottle white wine
• 1kg (21/4lb) shell-on prawns or langoustines
• 1kg (21/4lb) small red mullet, whole, or other mixed white fish, whole
• 4 tins really good Italian tomatoes
• 1 tsp saffron strands
• Salt and pepper to season
• Cognac to taste
• Pernod to taste