Fish Soup with Salted Cucumber and Capers

Name: Fish Soup with Salted Cucumber and Capers
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 2 onions; 2-3 carrots; 1 parsnip; 200 g/7 oz Salted Cucumbers; 30-45 ml/2-3 tbsp rapeseed (canola) oil; 15 ml/1 tbsp tomato purée (paste); 1 bay leaf; 4-5 black peppercorns; 1 litre/1¾ pints/4 cups home-made or good quality fish stock; 1 litre/1¾ pints/4 cups home-made or good quality fish stock; 400-500 g/14 oz-1¼ lb salmon, halibut and turbot fillets, skinned; 400-500 g/14 oz-1¼ lb salmon, halibut and turbot fillets, skinned; 400-500 g/14 oz-1¼ lb salmon, halibut and turbot fillets, skinned; 8 green olives; 8 black olives; 30 ml/2 tbsp capers plus 5 ml/1 tsp juice from the jar; 4 thin lemon slices; 60 ml/4 tbsp smetana or créme fraîche; 60 ml/4 tbsp smetana or créme fraîche; 45 ml/3 tbsp chopped fresh dill, to garnish

Rybnaja Soljanka

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

This fish soup is considered to be the queen of Russian soups. Its lovely, rich flavour is accentuated by the salty additions of Salted Cucumbers, capers and olives. If you can find sturgeon, use it instead of the halibut and turbot suggested in the recipe. If you make your own fish stock then the recipe will be even more special.

Ingredients

2 onions
2-3 carrots
1 parsnip
200

Method

Finely chop the onions. Dice the carrots, parsnip and finely dice the cucumbers. Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onions and fry over a medium heat for 2-3 minutes, until softened. Add the carrots and parsnip and fry over a medium heat, stirring all the time, for 5 minutes.

Energy 389kcal/1613kJ; Protein 24.5g; Carbohydrate 9.1g, of which sugars 7.2g; Fat 28.5g, of which saturates 7.7g; Cholesterol 73mg; Calcium 74mg; Fibre 3.1g; Sodium 361mg.