One of my favorite dishes. Original Christmas fish soup is made from fresh carp. However, you can use any fresh fish you like or you can buy in a grocery store like cod, halibut, sole, sea bass. Carp are various species of freshwater fish, native in Europe and Asia. Delicious and warming up in cold autumn or winter days. Easy to make and takes just a little to prepare this delicious soup. Healthy and reach of proteins.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 kg fresh fish like cod, carp, sole, sea bass or any you like
- 3 carrots - sliced
- 3 large onions - sliced
- 2 finely chopped leeks
- 2 parsley roots - sliced
- 1/3 celery root (celeriac) - finely chopped
- 3 tomatoes - chopped
- 250 ml sour cream (18%)
- 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp sweet pepper
- dried thyme
- dried oregano
- dried sage
- dried fennel seeds
- 3-4 Tbsp butter
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- freshly chopped dill to garnish
Method:
1. Clean and prepare your chosen fish. Cut fish into large chunks. Best fish soups are the ones where you use all the fish parts like bones and head. Later on we will filter the soup so don't be afraid of bones.
2. Simmer your fish and all the vegetables with salt and pepper slowly in 2 l of water for about 30 minutes.
3. After 30 minutes, we have to filter the soup and cut fish into smaller pieces removing all the bones. Add chopped fish meat into filtered soup. Add all the spices.
4. Thicken with a mixture of butter and flour. Melt butter on medium-low heat and add flour. Stir well. Cook for 3 minutes, then move the flour butter mixture into filtered soup. Stir well.
5. Add sour cream previously mixed with a bit of hot soup. Stir well and cook all together for another 10-15 minutes.
6. Serve garnished with fresh chopped dill.
ENJOY!!!
