Quick fish soup
This speedy soup is perfect for any fish lover who doesn’t want to spend ages cleaning shellfish! Buy ready-peeled tiger prawns (jumbo shrimp) and ask your fishmonger to slice the squid and even chop the cod, if you’re pressed for time. You can even buy the veggies ready-chopped too! This dish of delicate
seafood, cooked in tomatoes and served with toasted bread, makes a delicious main course.
Cooking time: 20 minutes (not including preparation)
Portions: serves 4
Ingredients:
- 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
- 3 banana shallots, very finely chopped
- 2 celery stalks, very finely chopped
- 2 small carrots, very finely chopped
- ½ fresh red chilli, finely chopped
- 2 bay leaves 10 raw tiger prawns (jumbo shrimp)
- 200 g/7 oz squid, sliced into rings 200 g/7 oz cod, cut into small chunks
- 100 ml/3½ fl oz/7 tbsp white wine
- 600 g/1 lb 5 oz tomato passata (strained tomatoes) sea salt, to taste a
- Handful fresh parsley, finely chopped
- Slices of toasted country-style bread, to serve
Preparation:
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