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Potage, Bouillabaise

Finely mince three leeks and two white onions, place in a saucepan with two tablespoons oil and gently brown ten minutes, then add two beans crushed garlic, two branches parsley, three tablespoons flour, and stir well while heating two minutes. Pour in a quart fresh, ripe, crushed tomatoes, two quarts water, two teaspoons salt, half teaspoon pepper, two saltspoons Spanish saffron, one bay leaf, a sprig thyme and one clove. Mix well and let boil fifteen minutes, add one and a half pounds fresh fish bones, boil twenty-five minutes longer. Strain the soup through a sieve into a basin, then through a Chinese strainer into another saucepan. Break two ounces spaghetti in inch-long pieces, add to the soup and let boil twenty-five minutes. Remove, pour into a soup tureen and serve.