Velvety fish soup with red mullet Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• 1 Chunky fish soup recipe
• 1 tbsp creme fraiche
• Salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 8 red mullet fillets
• 3 1/2 tbsps olive oil
• 50g toasted flaked almonds
• 1/2 bunch fresh basil or mizuna
• A drizzle of olive oil
• 6 3/4 tbsps olive oil
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 1/4 fennel bulb, finely chopped
• 1 carrot, peeled and chopped
• 15g tomato puree
• 2 star anise
• Pinch of saffron threads
• Pinch of cayenne pepper
• 100ml white wine
• 50ml Pernod
• 500g fish, such as monkfish, cod, bream or mullet, cut into chunks
• 100g garlic mayonnaise
• 90g grated Gruyere cheese