This delicious recipe for Chunky Fish Soup with Warm French Bread and Garlicky Crème Fraiche is easy enough to make and tasty for a hungry family.
Ingredients
350g cod fillets
200g king prawns
200g crème fraiche
1 fennel bulb
1 carrot
1 onion
1 tsp sugar
1 tin chopped tomatoes
800ml vegetable stock
2 garlic cloves crushed
25g chopped dill
1 tbsp olive oil
25g tbsp chopped parsley
French bread
Salt
Pepper
Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 30 minutes
Serves 4
Method:
1. Pre heat the oven to 180C
2. To make base of the soup. Cut off the top of the fennel bulb and remove the outer layer then slice finely. Finely chop the onion and carrot. In a large saucepan heat the olive oil, sauté the onion, carrot and fennel for 5 minutes (should be soft), add the chopped tomatoes, crushed garlic, sugar, salt and pepper to taste and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the vegetable stock and simmer for a further 20 minutes with the lid on.
3. While the base of the soup is cooking, cut the cod into chunks (aprox 2.5cm square). Finely chop the parsley and dill removing any large stalks, set to one side. In a small bowl mix together the crème faiche and crushed garlic.
4. When the base has been cooking for 20 minutes in total add the, chopped dill, parsley, cod and king prawns. Simmer for 3 minutes until cod and prawns are cooked
5. Serve the soup in a bowl with a dollop of the garlic crème fraiche and buttered warm French bread.
Really enjoyed the recipe, only change I would make is 2 tsp of sugar instead of one and 1 teaspoon of tomato puree …. but otherwise fab! Regards D
Great Feedback! It’s spot on! Thanks a lot!