Savoury Italian Fish Soup (Brodetto)
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 59.16 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 6 stalk celery & leaves, cleaned chopped in to 1/2 inch pieces
- 5 small spring onions, with green tops white and green part sliced 1/4 i thick
- 2 sprig marjoram
- 2 sprig parsley
- 2 sprig thyme
- 4 clove garlic, smashed
- 44.37 ml balsamic vinegar
- 24 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 2 pepperoncini peppers, cut in half
- 453.59 g can plum tomatoes, lightly crush with your hands
- 340.19 g cuttlefish, cleaned and sliced 1 inch thick
- 709.77 ml dry white wine
- 2 (1587.57 g) sea bass or (1587.57 g) striped bass, head and tail on,gutted and scaled,cut in half across the mid section
- 12 mussels, scrubbed
- 6 razor clams
- 6 large shrimp, head on
- 226.79 g squid, cleaned and sliced 1/2 inch thick
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 bunch Italian parsley, finely chopped to yield 1/4 cup
directions
- In a large stock pot over medium high heat add olive oil, celery, spring onion, marjoram, parsley, thyme, and garlic sauti until onions begin to become transparent about 5 minutes.
- Add the vinegar, cherry tomatoes, peperoncino, canned whole tomato, cuttlefish and wine.
- Allow to come up to a simmer and then cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the Bass by placing on top of the broth and very gently pushing the fish down.
- Allow to cook 5 minutes.
- Add the mussels, razor clams, shrimp, and squid by placing on top of broth and fish gently pushing down with a large ladle and basting the shell fish with the hot broth.
- Cover stockpot with a lid and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until mussels and clams are all open and shrimp and squid are cooked through.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper.
- Carefully remove to serving platter and sprinkle parsley on top.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Izzy Knight
United States
I am a proud mother of my twins Darius and Constance; also a grade school teacher. You can understand my need for easy, healthy, fast, and fun recipes! I love to cook with my hubby, who runs an Italian restaurant. But in my kitchen, even he doesn't get to boss me around :)