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    Icelandic fish soup - Fiskasúpa

    23 August 2017 by toondebacker 5 Comments

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    Fiskasúpa - Icelandic fish soup
    Fiskasúpa - Icelandic fish soup

    Recently I was in Reykjavik, and in a newly opened "Icelandic Street Food" restaurant I had a real good shellfish soup. So I looked for a recipe for an Icelandic fish soup - Fiskasúpa to do this at home.

    Fiskasúpa - Icelandic fish soup

    Fiskasúpa - Icelandic fish soup

    Exotic and Icelandic. This comforting Fiskasúpa is full of vitamins and energy. Some exotic ingredients add the contradictions so typical for this fire and ice country.
    4.88 from 8 votes
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 40 mins
    Total Time 1 hr
    Course lunch
    Cuisine Icelandic
    Servings 8 persons
    Calories 299 kcal

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 500 gram salmon or halibut
    • 400 gram shrimps
    • 1 leek
    • 2 stalks celery
    • 3 tomatoes
    • 2 onions
    • 1,5 liter vegetable stock
    • 200 ml cream
    • 100 ml sherry
    • 160 ml white wine
    • 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
    • 3 tablespoons tomato concentrate
    • 0,5 teaspoon saffron powder
    • 50 gram butter
    • salt
    • pepper

    Instructions
     

    • Slice all the vegetables finely.
    • Melt the butter in a large pot.
    • Add the onions, the leek and the celery and bake for 8 minutes.
    • Extinguish with the sherry and the white wine and let it reduce for 5 minutes.
    • Add the vegetable stock, the vinegar, the tomato concentrate and the saffron and let it cook for another 15 minutes.
    • Meanwhile shop the salmon into large pieces.
    • Add the fish and the tomatoes, and let it simmer for 5 more minutes.
    • Turn off the heat, and then finally add the cream and the shrimps. Stir for a few minutes, but don't let the soup boil again.
    • Serve with some baguette for lunch.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 250mlCalories: 299kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 25gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 195mgSodium: 1245mgPotassium: 653mgFiber: 2gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 1508IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 129mgIron: 2mg
    Keyword fish soup, Icelandic, meal soup
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    About Fiskasúpa

    I fell in love with Fiskasúpa - Icelandic fish soup after I ran the marathon in Reykjavik. I ran this beautiful marathon in a beautiful scenery with beautiful weather. So, everything perfect. But after the marathon you need some light meal and a lot of fluids to regenerate. I had a lovely shellfish soup in a small street food restaurant. It made the day perfect!

    So, at home I started some research for similar recipes to repeat this experience at home. Without repeating the marathon of course! So I made this fish soup in honor of Iceland and the marathon of Reykjavik.

    There is not "the" or one single recipe for Fiskasúpa. Everybody can make his or her own variation. Of course, the fish should be typical for Iceland. But for the rest you are free to make your own interpretations. With the sherry, the white wine and the saffron I added some more exotic ingredients for a deeper taste. Iceland is a country of contradictions with ice and fire. And therefore the exotic ingredients should add tot these contradictions.

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    If you speak Dutch, you can find the Dutch version of this recipe on gerechtenweb.blog.

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    Comments

    1. Alison

      October 13, 2019 at 5:05 pm

      This sounds delicious. I'm going to add it to my list of recipes to try.

      Reply
      • toondebacker

        October 13, 2019 at 6:37 pm

        5 stars
        thank you! Tell me how it was 🙂

        Reply

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