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Fish Soup
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Fish Soup

32 ingredients Serves 8 openrecipes

Fish soup with a great depth of flavour, served with rouille & croutons. It can be made the day before and kept overnight in the fridge or freezer.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

853
Calories
64g
Protein
43g
Fat
51g
Carbs

Counts 19 of 22 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 19 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Gruyere Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel Bulb 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Soup not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Saffron not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE SOUP
  • 1.5 kg of assorted flakey white fish fillets (e.g. hake, cod)
  • 8oz cold water prawns, in the shell (e.g. North Atlantic)
  • 3 litres of water
  • 4 fish stock cubes
  • 150ml olive oil
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 4 medium leeks chopped
  • 3 medium carrots chopped
  • 2 large celery sticks chopped
  • 6 large garlic cloves chopped
  • 1 large fennel bulb, stalks discarded and bulb chopped
  • juice of 1 large orange
  • 2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
  • 1 small tin tomato paste
  • 3/4 pint dry white wine
  • 2 or 3 dashes of Pernod (adjust to taste later if required)
  • leaves from 1 sprig of fresh thyme
  • 3 tsp fresh tarragon chopped
  • 3 tsp fresh parsley chopped
  • 1/2 tsp saffron strands
  • 2 to 3 tsp cayenne pepper (adjust to taste later if required)
  • sea salt & freshly ground black pepper
  • FOR THE ROUILLE
  • 3 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1/2 tsp tomoato puree
  • pinch of cayenne pepper
  • TO SERVE
  • 1 slim baguette
  • olive oil
  • 150g freshly grated Gruyere cheese

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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