RecipesChristmas Fish Soup
We cut the fish head open and remove the gills and eyes. We rinse it and put it to boil in salted water until the head softens.
Ingredients (what you need)
Whole pepper
salt
1 carp head
1.5 tablespoons semi-coarse flour
1.25 l water
4 tablespoons root vegetables cut into strips
parsley
1 onion
1.5 tablespoons butter
carp entrails
nutmeg
Recipe steps
In a pot, heat half a tablespoon of butter and sauté the vegetables in it. Add the cleaned offal, cut into smaller pieces. Let it simmer and pour in the stock from the head, enough to cover everything, and let it cook for 15 minutes. With the flour and remaining butter, make a roux, which you then pour in with the remaining stock. Stir this together and let it cook for another 15 minutes. Strain the roux into the vegetables, season with nutmeg, add the meat that you've shredded from the head, and let it simmer for a little while longer. Garnish the soup with chopped parsley, and you can also use toasted bread cubes.
Additional information about the recipe Christmas Fish Soup
Christmas fish soup is a traditional Czech dish served on Christmas Eve. Its base is fish broth, most often made from carp, supplemented with vegetables such as carrots and celery. The soup is often seasoned with spices, lemon, and herbs. Another Christmas tradition is to add pieces of fish meat to the soup. Christmas fish soup symbolizes abundance and is a popular first course of the Christmas Eve dinner, creating a festive atmosphere.
Tomas Rohlena
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