Festive Bouillabaisse

Ingredients

• Generous pinch of saffron threads
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
• 1 leek, cleaned, trimmed, and chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• ½ cup chopped fennel
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 3 cups canned crushed tomatoes
• ½ cups clam juice
• About 1½ cups dry white wine
• ½ teaspoon fennel seeds, crushed
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 18 mussels, scrubbed
• 12 large shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 1½ pounds black sea bass, red snapper, or flounder fillets, cut into 12 pieces
• Crushed red chile flakes, optional

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