Michael’s Fish Soup from Soup: A Way of Life by Barbara Kafka

Name: Michael’s Fish Soup from Soup: A Way of Life by Barbara Kafka
Ingredients: ½ cup (125 ml) dry anise liquor (not liqueur); Freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 1½ teaspoons kosher salt, or to taste; ½ bay leaf; ¼ teaspoon dried thyme; 5 cups (1.25 l) Double-Rich Fish Stock; 3 cups (750 ml) Chunky Tomato Base, drained and lightly crushed canned (not plum) tomatoes, or sterile-pack chopped tomatoes; ½ cup (125 ml) white wine, preferably acidic; ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper; ½ gram saffron threads (two and a half .25- g packages); 8 medium cloves garlic, smashed, peeled, and coarsely chopped; 1 teaspoon pure chili powder; 1 medium onion, cut into ¼-inch (.5-cm) dice; ½ cup (125 ml) olive oil

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Once when a grown and married Michael was coming to dinner, I was caught a little short. I devised a soup based on the prepared ingredients in the freezer. Here is a reward for having made fish sto...

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Ingredients

½ cup (125 ml) dry anise liquor (not liqueur)
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1½ teaspoons kosher salt, or to taste
½ bay leaf
¼ teaspoon dried thyme
5 cups (1.25 l) Double-Rich Fish Stock
3 cups (750 ml) Chunky Tomato Base, drained and lightly crushed canned (not plum) tomatoes, or sterile-pack chopped tomatoes
½ cup (125 ml) white wine, preferably acidic
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ gram saffron threads (two and a half .25- g packages)
8 medium cloves garlic, smashed, peeled, and coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon pure chili powder
1 medium onion, cut into ¼-inch (.5-cm) dice
½ cup (125 ml) olive oil