Tag: Fish Soup

• I thought that this soup would be excellent for Good Friday.
• The base is a simple vegetable soup with mainly “green” vegetables and a few carrots.
• You can vary the vegetables that you use.
• Any white fish will be good and  you just need small pieces.
• Where my late father used to live the small river formed part of the border between the then Poland and Russia.
• He would often catch river fish, which he really liked.
• I am sure he would have enjoyed this soup. 

Ingredients

• 150g white fish  (Basa, Cod or Haddock)
• 1 onion 
• 2 leeks
• 2 sticks of celery
• ½ tin of sweetcorn
• 1 large carrot
• 3 tablespoons of butter
• 1½ litres of vegetable stock
• 2 tablespoons of soured cream
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Method

• Chop up the onion and leeks.
• Fry them gently in the butter.
• Chop the celery into thin slices.
• Chop the carrots into small pieces.
• Mix all the vegetables together and add the stock.
• Bring to the boil and then simmer till nearly soft.
• Cut the fish into small pieces and add them to the soup.
• Simmer till the fish is cooked.
• Stir in the soured cream.
• Season to taste.

 

Optional – If you use more fish you can serve this more as a main dish .