This morning I was looking at Greg’s blog on Crawfish Boil Soup http://rufusguide.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/crawfish-boil-soup/ and thought soup sounded good! I had some beautiful dos de cabillaud (cod fillet) and shrimp in the freezer, various odds and ends in the refrigerator that I thought could make a reasonable fish soup.
What makes this soup special, is that it’s served with an herbal vinaigrette. I didn’t have any parsley but substituted a handful of cilantro and roquette for the herbs. It was delicious.
Soupe a la Breton
6 garlic cloves
1 handful of roquette
1 handful of cilantro leaves
Juice of one lemon
1 tsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
6 tbsp olive oil
4 tbsp water
Pepper
1 large onion, halved then thinly sliced
1 leek sliced
1 celery branch sliced
3 tbsp butter
2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1 fish bouquet garni
3 quarts fish stock
2 carrots, sliced
1 lb potatoes, cut into large cubes
1 1/2 lb cod fillet, cut into large cubes
1 lb shrimp, shelled and cleaned
Chop the garlic, roquette and cilantro in a blender, then add the lemon juice, vinegar, mustard, oil, water, pepper. Blend well, then refrigerate until ready to use.
Saute the onion, leek and celery in the butter until the vegetables are soft. Add the tomatoes, bouquet garni and fish stock. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 30 minutes.
Add the carrots and continue to cook for 7 minutes. Add the potatoes and continue to cook for 12-15 minutes. Add the cod and continue to cook for 6 minutes. Add the shrimp and continue to cook for 4 minutes. Remove from the flame and serve with the vinaigrette and country bread.
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You’re making me hungry for lunch.
Shop, then have it for dinner 🙂
That sounds very good. I have to wonder if the cod lay down to dodo in the soup 😉
It took me a while, but that’s funny 😀
That looks great!
Thank you Suzan.
Your fish soup sounds so good right now…. It’s tough visiting food blogs when I have not had lunch yet :).
I used to have a problem with that also when I was at work 🙂
Lovely – I usually veer towards tomato based fish soups and now realise I need to change that!
I like tomato based soups also 🙂
Well done Rosemary. Beautiful bowl of soup.
Thank you Conor
Wow, we inspired you. Hooray. This looks delicious. I love the lemon and cilantro.
Thanks for the inspiration Greg.
oh this looks beautful..i have some white fish in the freezer, will have to give this recipe a try…lovely post..sarah
Thank you Sarah.
Yummy, yummy! Looks divine and quick to pull together!
Oo. A fish soup sounds comforting at the moment. This one is beautiful! Your photos are always so lovely.
Thank you.
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