Fish soup normandy

6 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½poundsFish heads, bones, and skin
4cupsHot beef bouillon
½Lemon, juiced
1smallOnion, sliced
1Stalk celery, sliced
1Carrot, sliced Dumplings:
¾poundsCooked white fish fillets
¼teaspoonSalt
teaspoonPepper
1tablespoonButter, softened
1Egg, beaten
3Sprigs parsley, finely chopped
2teaspoonsLemon juice
2tablespoonsBread crumbs Soup:
3tablespoonsVegetable oil
1mediumOnion, sliced
5Carrots, sliced into 1/2\" lengths
1Stalk celery, sliced into
½\" lengths
2Sprigs parsley
2cupsHot beef broth
2tablespoonsTomato paste
4ouncesCan sliced mushrooms, drained
3smallsTomatoes, skinned and quartered
1teaspoonCurry powder
1Green pepper, seeded and sliced
ounceCan shrimp, drained
¾cupDry white wine Salt to taste Pinch cayenne pepper Pinch garlic powder
1Sprig parsley, chopped

Directions

Simmer stock ingredients over low heat 1 hour; strain. To prepare dumplings, put fish fillets thru meat grinder using fine blade.

Season with salt and pepper. Blend in butter and egg. Add parsley, lemon juice and bread crumbs. Mix well and set aside. To prepare soup ingredients, cook onion, carrot, celery, and parsley in vegetable oil in Dutch oven, stirring constantly, until lightly browned. Add broth.

cover and simmer 20 minutes. Add fish stock, tomato paste, mushrooms, tomatoes, curry powder and green pepper to vegetables. Simmer another 10 minutes. Moisten your hands and shape dumpling mixture into 1" balls. Drop into simmering soup. Add shrimp and simmer 15 minutes more. Pour in wine. Season with salt, cayenne, and garlic powder.

Heat soup thoroughly, stir in chopped parsley and serve.

Source: Creative Cooking: Fish and Other Seafood Carolyn Shaw's Collection Submitted By CAROLYN SHAW On 11-14-94