Easy Bouillabaisse Recipe (French Fish Stew) With Rouille

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp extra-virigin olive oil
• 1 large sweet onion (sliced )
• 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper
• 1/3 cup tomato paste
• 1 bottle clam juice
• 1/2 tsp crushed fennel seeds
• 1/2 tsp grated orange zest
• pinch saffaron ((optional))
• 12 oz skinless lean white fish fillets ((such as cod, halibut and tilapia) cubed)
• 1 lb mussels (scrubbed )
• 16 sea scallops ((about 225 g) )
• 2 tbsp chopped (fresh flat-leaf parsley )
• 1 roasted red pepper pieces (drained )
• 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1/3 cup light mayonnaise
• 1 clove garlic (pressed )
• pinch each cayenne pepper and saffron