Catalan Style Fish Soup

Savor the rich flavors of Catalan Style Fish Soup, featuring tender white fish and juicy shrimp in a saffron-infused broth. It's a comforting bowl of seaside goodness.

Course Soup

Cuisine Mediterranean

Keyword Catalan, easy recipe, fish soup, healthy, seafood

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Total Time 50

Servings servings

Calories 450kcal

Author Liza A

Ingredients

½ lb firm white fish fillet like cod or haddock, cut into 1-inch cubes
½ lb large shrimps peeled and deveined
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
3 tbsp olive oil
4 cloves of garlic peeled and thinly sliced
2 small tomatoes peeled and chopped
1 lb potatoes peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes
½ cup dry white wine
1 ½ cup fish or chicken stock or more as needed
A good pinch of saffron threads
¾ tsp sugar

Sauce

10 blanched almonds
1 large clove of garlic peeled
½ tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley

Instructions

Season fish and shrimps with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Heat olive oil in a wide casserole or pan. Add garlic and tomatoes and cook, stirring often, over a medium heat for about 7 minutes or until tomatoes are reduced to a jammy consistency.
Add potatoes, wine and enough stock to cover the potatoes. Add salt to taste, saffron and sugar; simmer, covered, over a low heat for 15 minutes or until potatoes are just tender.
Make the sauce by frying almonds and whole clove of garlic in the oil until both are lightly brown; drain on paper towels. Crush and grind them to a paste with a pestle and mortar along with the parsley or you may use a food processor to do this. Add a ladleful of stock to dilute the paste. Set aside.
Add fish in the pan for 3 minutes then add shrimps and diluted sauce. Cook over a low heat until shrimps turn pink. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.
Enjoy!

Notes

Recipe slightly adapted: The Splendid Table

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