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Fish Soup and Spiced Rice

Ingredients

15ml sesame oil
5ml chili oil
2 shallots, peeled and finely diced
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
30ml fresh coriander stems, chopped
5cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
1 red chilli, seeded and diced
375ml dry white wine
2 bay leaves
2 strips dried orange peel
500g crab claws
1kg mussels, cleaned
600ml water
2ml saffron threads
500g fresh fish, cubed
8 spring onions, washed and sliced
12 cherry tomatoes, peeled
Salt and ground black pepper

Directions

Heat the three oils in a large saucepan.
Add the shallots, garlic, coriander stems, ginger and chilli and cook until soft but not brown.
Add the white wine, bay leaves and orange peel and bring to the boil.
Simmer for 10 minutes and add the crab.
Cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes. Add the mussels and cook for a further 5 minutes until the shells open. Discard any mussels which stay closed.
Remove the mussels and crab claws and set aside.
Pass the cooking liquid through a fine sieve. Add water and saffron .
Bring the fish broth to a simmer and add the fish cubes. Cook for two minutes, then add the spring onions and cook for a further two minutes.
Add the cherry tomatoes, mussels and crab claws and cook until heated through.
Season to taste with salt and black pepper.