Recipe: Kakavia (Fish Soup)
For 8 Persons
Category: Soups/stews, Greece, Seafood, Archived
Karen Mintzias
1 1/2 kg Fish trimmings
3 l Water
Salt
Whole peppercorns
2 lg Onions; chopped
2 Garlic cloves; crushed
2 Leeks (optional)
-- white part only
1 c Chopped carrot
1 c Chopped celery (with leaves)
1/2 c Olive oil
2 c Chopped, peeled tomatoes
2 Bay leaves
4 Sprigs parsley
1 Sprig thyme
750 g Potatoes; peeled & sliced
Parsley; chopped
-------------------------------FISH (SEE NOTE-------------------------------
1 1/2 kg Mixed whole fish
500 g Green lobster tails
500 g Large green prawns
2 tb Lemon juice
Obtain from the fishmonger fish trimmings such as heads and backbones.
Rinse well and place in a large pot. Add water, salt and 1/2 teaspoon
peppercorns and simmer for 2 hours. Strain stock and reserve.
Gently fry onion, garlic, chopped leeks, carrots and celery in oil for 10
minutes. Add chopped tomatoes, herbs tied into a bunch and reserved fish
stock. Season well with salt and freshly ground pepper. Cover and simmer
for 30 minutes. Add potatoes and boil for 5 minutes.
Reduce heat, add fish pieces and simmer 3 minutes, then add lobster pieces
and prawns and simmer for 7-10 minutes until prawns turn pink and lobster
meat is cooked. Do not boil when shellfish are added for they will
toughen.
Pile fish, shellfish and potatoes in a serving dish, sprinkle with chopped
parsley and keep hot.
Serve soup in a tureen as a first course with crusty bread, then follow
with seafoods and potatoes served with lemon wedges and a cruet of olive
oil. Alternatively soup, potatoes and seafoods may be served together in
deep plates.
NOTE: Fish and shellfish preparation: Fish suitable are snapper, mullet,
eel, whiting, john dory and bream. Cut into 5 cm (2 inch) slices and
sprinkle with lemon juice. Add heads and trimmings to fish stock. Cut
rinsed lobster tails into 5 cm (2 inch) pieces with shell on. Shell and
de-vein prawns.
Source: The Greek Cookbook by Tess Mallos
Typos by: Karen Mintzias
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip
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