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" Are you Cooking French Again?" Soup Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
For the soup
200 grams
Sea Bream (fillets)
200 grams
Salmon (fillets)
200 grams
Halibut (fillets)
200 grams
Gurnard (fillets)
200 grams
Conger eel (fillets)
200 grams
Sea bass (fillets)
2 size Onions
1 kilogram Potatoes (waxy, medium-sized)
3 Beefsteak tomatoes
½ bunch
Parsley
2 sprigs
Thyme
1 sprig
Sage
4 tablespoons Olive oil
1 Bay leaf
Pink Sea salt
freshly ground Pepper
sweet wine
2 boxes Vegetable broth

For the croutons
1 Baguette
2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
1 Garlic clove

For the rouille
1 Chile pepper (dried)
4 Garlic cloves
6 Potato chopped into chcunks
2 Eggs
⅛ liter Vegetable oil
⅛ liter Fish stock (chilled)
Salt
Pepper
Directions:
Directions:
For the soup: Cut all fish into bite-size pieces. Peel onions, cut in half lengthwise and cut into strips. Peel and thinly slice potatoes. Blanch peel, quarter, core and finely dice tomatoes.

Rinse herbs and shake dry.

Heat oil in a saucepan and fry onions until soft. Add potato slices, diced tomatoes and herbs and spices. Peel orange with a sharp knife and add peel to pan.

Fry briefly and deglaze with pastis. Simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes. Add fish pass and broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for another 20 minutes. Leave until done.

For the croutons: Slice baguette. Heat oil in a pan and toast baguette briefly on both sides. Peel garlic and cut in half, then rub into baguette slices.

For the rouille: Remove 6 potato slices from soup. Combine with dried chile and garlic in a blender and puree. Blend in egg yolks, oil and broth. Add enough oil to form a creamy mayonnaise. Season with salt and pepper.
Remove herbs from soup. Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with parsley. Serve with croutons and rouille.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4-6
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
My family hates French Food but i love it. I make this dish once a year.

 

 

 

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