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FISH BROTH WITH GARLIC CROSTINI

April 3, 2013 By Manu 6 Comments

Fish broth with garlic crostini

Today I want to share with you the recipe for a delicious fish broth.  It is the same recipe of the broth we use for Fish Couscous, but instead of being used to make couscous, it is served plain with some grilled crusty bread.  I love this soup as it is simple, yet full of flavour.  It reminds me of the end of summer that I would sometimes spend in Sicily, just before getting back home to start school again.  In the evenings, it would already be cool enough to have some soup and what could be better than something made with the freshly caught fish we could buy straight from the fishermen?  My mum would always make some grilled crusty bread to eat with it and we used to rub some garlic on the top of the bread… mmmm, try to eat it with this broth, it is so good!  And quite easy to make!  Enjoy!

Fish broth with garlic crostini

Fish broth with garlic crostini
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Fish Broth with Garlic Crostini

The recipe for a simple, yet deliciously hearty soup: Fish broth with garlic crostini!

Course Main, Soup
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Author Manuela Zangara

Ingredients

  • 1 kg – 2.2 lbs. fish for soup cleaned and salted (but WITH the heads on)
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 big onion minced
  • 1 tbsp parsley chopped
  • 70 gms – 2.5 oz. double tomato concentrate
  • 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ tsp salt to taste
  • 2 lt – ½ gallon water
  • Grilled crusty bread
  • Garlic cloves

Instructions

  1. Start by crushing together ¼ of the onion, all the garlic cloves and parsley in a mortar and pestle. Keep aside.
  2. Mince the rest of the onion and sauté it gently in a big pot together with the extra virgin olive oil. Do this on a very low fire. The onions have to become transparent and not brown.
  3. After 5 minutes, add the crushed garlic, onion & parsley mixture and cook for another 3 or 4 minutes.
  4. Add the tomato concentrate, mix well and cook for a couple of minutes.
  5. Now add the water and bring to a boil.
  6. Add the fish and salt and simmer on a low fire for about 1 hour.
  7. Sieve the stock and keep it aside (you can add the fish to it afterwards, if you like).
  8. Serve with grilled crusty bread generously rubbed with some fresh garlic.

Recipe Notes

The cooking time will depend on the size of the fish you are using. If you are using bigger fish, I suggest you cut them in half (horizontally) and remove the tail parts after cooking them for 30 minutes, so you can eat this fish later. Keep simmering the stock with the heads (which can be discarded later). If your fish was small to begin with, it will melt away in the stock, so do not worry about it.

 

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Comments

  1. Suzanne Perazzini says

    April 4, 2013 at 12:49 pm

    This soup looks delcious, just what we will be eating here soon. Today is the first day that we have felt a chill in the air after a glorious, long summer.

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  2. DanielaC. says

    April 4, 2013 at 6:50 pm

    O.M.G.!!! When I read a recipe like this I cry and cry…my hubby hates fish, and I can’t cook anything with it (but shrimps and lobsters yes … he’s crafty, right?) You say that I can prepare it for myself and then freeze it, or is it a “culinary crime”? Comunque mi segno la ricetta, è troppo stuzzicante, grazie mille! DanielaC.

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    • Manu says

      April 4, 2013 at 7:37 pm

      Ohhhh! I am exactly the other way around… I am not a fan of lobster and shrimp! hehehehe
      You can definitely make it for yourself and freeze it! I have done it many times and it’s always good! 🙂 Fammi sapere!!

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      • DanielaC. says

        April 7, 2013 at 12:06 am

        Ok, I’ll try to freeze it! Grazie ancora!!! Daniela

        Reply
  3. Cristy says

    April 5, 2013 at 8:00 pm

    Mmmmmmm!!!! Looks divine!!!!

    Reply
  4. Nuts about food says

    April 5, 2013 at 8:33 pm

    Pinned!

    Reply

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