Cod soup - fast, inexpensive and incredibly tasty

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

• cast iron;
• board for cutting vegetables;
• board for cutting fish;
• 2 small bowls (for dissolving fish broth and saffron);
• knife for cutting vegetables and fish.

Ingredients

Water	600 ml
White wine	150 ml
Fat cream	300 ml
Diced fish stock	1 PC.
Fennel or Leek	100 g
Medium-sized carrots	2 pcs.
Tomatoes	1 - 2 pcs.
Garlic	2 cloves
Cod fillet	400 g
Peeled shrimps for serving (optional)	50 - 100 g
Salt	taste
Ground black pepper	taste
Oregano	0.5 tsp
Thyme	0.25 tsp
Saffron (or 1 - 2 tbsp. L. Tomato puree)	0.5 g
Vegetable oil	2 tbsp. l
Butter	30 g
Extra virgin olive oil (optional)	taste
Fresh dill for serving (optional)	taste

Step cooking

1. 100 g of fennel (or leek) are cut into half rings. We clean a couple of medium-sized carrots, wash them and cut them into thin circles.
2. Fry vegetables in a cast iron for 2 tbsp. l vegetable oil for 2 to 3 minutes.
   
3. After 2 to 3 minutes, add 1 to 2 tomatoes, 2 minced cloves of garlic and 30 g butter to the cast iron, sliced ​​into medium sized slices. Mix everything thoroughly, reduce the heat a little and leave for literally 1 minute.
   
4. Dissolve 1 cube of fish broth in 100 ml of water and add half of the resulting liquid to the cast iron.
   
5. Following the broth add 75 ml (also half) of white wine.
   
6. Mix all the contents of the iron and simmer for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, add to the cast iron diced cod fillet (400 g) and the remainder of the fish broth.
   
7. Next, pour 500 ml of water and 300 ml of heavy cream. Stir, bring the soup to a boil and reduce the heat a little more.
   
8. Add a little black pepper, salt, and cook another 10 - 15 minutes.
   
9. A small amount of saffron (literally 0.5 g) is thoroughly dissolved in several tablespoons of hot water.
   
10. At the very end, add to the soup the rest of the white wine, diluted saffron, 0.25 tsp. thyme and 0.5 tsp oregano.
    
11. Mix and let boil for another 1 - 2 minutes, and then turn off the heat.
    

Decoration methods and serving options

You can serve the dish by adding a few drops of olive oil to the plate (directly on top of the soup) and decorating it with a small amount of peeled shrimp (shrimp can also be replaced with crab sticks) and a sprig of fresh dill.
When serving, it should be noted that the soup will be in perfect harmony with croutons of white bread and with a glass of white wine.

Video recipe

You can see in more detail how this fish soup is prepared, and how it ultimately turns out, in this video.

Such a cod soup is not only very fragrant and amazing in taste, it looks just amazing! With such an exquisite dish you can easily surprise guests or please your soul mate.

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