Fish Soup – Gdański Bowke

Gdański Bowkie

• This fish soup was inspired by one I had in Gdański Bowke restaurant on my recent trip to Gdańsk
• It is a secret family recipe so I have had to improvise from what I could taste and see.
• The original serving had long shreds of carrot and ginger but I found these hard to eat so I have used them coarse grated instead.
• They should only be cooked for a short time to still be crisp

Ingredients

• 350g of salmon tails
• Passata or puréed tinned tomatoes
• 1½ to 2 litres of vegetable stock (can be from powder or cubes)
• 2 medium carrots
• Piece of fresh ginger
• 3 allspice grains
• Juice of half a lemon 
• Salt & Pepper – might not be needed
• Chopped fresh herbs such as chives, marjoram or finely chopped rosemary.
  

  Method

• Simmer the passata, the vegetable stock and the allspice grains for around 10 minutes.
• Add the bay leaf.
• Coarse grate the carrots and the ginger.
• Add these to the soup and simmer for around 3 minutes – you do not want them to be too soft.
• Cut the salmon into bite sized chunks.
• Cover the salmon with the lemon juice for a minute.
• Add the salmon to the soup and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Season to taste if needed
• Sprinkle fresh herbs to each serving.