Guyanese Bouillabaisse

Ingredients

• 5 cups of water
• 1½ cups white wine
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 tbsp minced parsley
• 1 minced garlic clove
• ½ cayenne pepper, chipped
• 3 lb snapper (or other fish or shrimps)
• 2 cups chopped onion
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 cloves
• salt to taste

Directions

1. Put water, wine and olive oil in a pot.
2. Add parsley, garlic, pepper and salt.
3. Simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Cut the fish into serving pieces.
5. Place the fish, onion, bay leaves and cloves in a double thickness of cheese cloth.
6. Tie firmly but do not crowd.
7. Suspend this into the liquid by securing the cheese cloth to handle of the pot.
8. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes.