French Fish Soup from Provence Recipe

Serves/Makes: 8

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds fish
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 carrots, cut
• 1 potato, cut in small cubes
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

How to cook French Fish Soup from Provence:

• Clean the fish, keep skin and bones. Cut the fish in cubes.
• Add 1 1/2 quart water to the skin and bones, cook for 20 minutes, sieve, add the salt.
• In the meantime, fry the carrots, onion and garlic in olive oil.
• Add a some of the fish soup and the potatoes and boil for 10 minutes.
• Add the fish and cook 7 minutes more.
• Add this mixture to the soup, as well as the tomatoes, stir carefully.
• Serve the French Fish Soup from Provence with toasted slices of French bread, grated cheese and rouille.*

Note:
The French name for the Fish Soup from Provence recipe is Soupe de Poisson de Provence.

Comments:
*Rouille is a French sauce that consists of olive oil with breadcrumbs, garlic, saffron and chili peppers. It is served as a garnish with fish, fish soup and, notably, bouillabaisse. Rouille is most often used in the cuisine of Provence.

This recipe for French Fish Soup from Provence serves/makes: 8

Main Ingredient: Various Fish
Preparation Method: Soup/Stew
Cuisine: French