La Grande Bouillabaisse du Cap

There are two origins of the name bouillabaisse. In the Provençal dialect, Le Bouilla means ‘something that is simmering’. Fishermen always stewed fish, so the name became synonymous with this. Later on, the culinary term was used to describe the colour of the mud in the region of Roussillon, where there are ochre quarries and when it rains, clay water runs in rich red streams through the villages. It looks exactly like red fish soup running into the town.

As for the soup, there isn