Ingredients

• 1red emperor
• 1eshallot, sliced
• 1stalk celery , diced
• 1250mlwater
• Dill stalk, sprigs picked and place into water
• 4peppercorns

• 60 mlolive oil
• 3large green prawns, cleaned and shells retained
• 2 marron, halved and cleaned
• 2eschallots, finely diced
• 1/2carrot, finely diced
• ¼fennel bulb
• 1clove garlic, crushed
• ¼ teaspoonfennel seeds
• Pinch saffron threads
• Tiny pinch cayenne pepper
• 1bay leaf
• 50mlPernod
• 80mlFrench brandy
• 12large cherry tomatoes, halved

• 2egg yolks
• 1 teaspoonDijon mustard
• Juice of half a lemon
• ¼ teaspoonsmoked paprika
• ½ clovegarlic , finely minced
• 200mlgrape seed oil
• White pepper and salt to taste

• 80 mlolive oil
• 5scallops, removed from shell
• 3mussels, scrubbed and de beared
• 2oysters, shucked

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Method

• For fish stock, fillet fish, remove pin bones and set to one side. Discard head. Portion into 8cm triangles. Place bones into a medium saucepan with eschallot, celery, water, dill stalks and peppercorns. Simmer for 15 minutes and skim as required. Strain through a fine sieve and leave to one side until required.
• For seafood broth, pour olive oil into a deep saucepan. Add retained prawn shells and two marron halves. Cook on a high heat until shells are crisp and well cooked. Add eschallots, carrot, fennel, garlic and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add fennel seed, saffron, cayenne and bay leaf and cook for 1 minute. Using a meat mallet, crush shells and spice mixture into a pulp.
• Flambé with Pernod and half the Brandy. Add tomatoes and strained fish stock. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain through a fine strainer with paper filter into a clean saucepan.
• For aioli, whisk yolks, mustard, lemon juice, paprika and garlic. While whisking pour oil into mixture in a thin stream until emulsified. Season with white pepper and salt to taste.
• For seafood, heat olive oil in a large frying pan then add fish, prawns, and reserved marron and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add scallops and mussels, flambé with brandy, add a few ladles of seafood broth and cover with lid. Cook for 2-3 minutes, until the mussels have opened.
• To serve arrange seafood into a deep bowl. Add oysters and, a few ladles of broth, a spoonful of aioli and garnish with dill sprigs.