Name: Fresh Salmon, Dill & Potato Soup
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 900 g (2 lb) potatoes, peeled and cut into large cubes; about 8 whole allspice (pimento) berries; 200 ml (7 fl oz) pouring (single) cream; 1 white onion; about 8 whole peppercorns; 1 long strip of lemon rind; 1 celery stalk top with leaves; 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) piece of salmon fillet; a few parsley stalks; 3 bay leaves; 30 g (1 oz) butter; 1 large carrot, cut into 3 chunks; a good handful of dill

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Falling Cloudberries

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2004

About

This is a rich creamy soup, sufficient as a single course with a green side salad. It is very good served with slices of white bread that have been pan-fried in butter. You could also serve it with just-grilled bread. Get your fishmonger to give you the salmon central bone with tail if possible, so that you can make a good broth.

Ingredients

1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) piece of salmon fillet
about 8

Method

Skin the salmon and remove all the bones, feeling where they are by running your hand up and down the fish. Cut the salmon into chunks about 6 × 4 cm (2 inches square).

To make your broth, put abou

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