Crucian Carp Soup with Celery
A tasty, light fish soup. Crucian carp is a delicious lake fish — if only it weren't so full of bones, it would be priceless! That's exactly why people rarely make fish soup from carp alone, using it instead for a rich broth and adding a less bony fish for the eating. In this recipe the fish simmers gently with spices and root vegetables — almost a slow braise — which gives a very tasty, rich, fragrant broth. The fish is then removed, potatoes are cooked in the broth, the meat is picked off the rib section and added to the soup. If you like, you can also add pieces of fish to the finished soup; for that, take some of the fish out before it falls apart.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
For the soup, gather the fish, potato, onion, carrot, celery, spices, and salt.
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Step 2:
If the fish isn't freshly caught, it helps to drizzle it with lemon juice.
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Step 3:
Coarsely chop the root vegetables.
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Step 4:
Cut the fish into pieces and cover with water.
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Step 5:
Once the fish comes to a boil, add the vegetables meant for the broth (the coarsely chopped carrot, part of the celery and onion), plus the spices and bay leaf. Simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
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Step 6:
Dice the vegetables for the soup.
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Step 7:
Once the broth is done, remove the fish and root vegetables and strain the broth.
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Step 8:
Add the diced vegetables to the broth and cook until the potatoes are done. Stir the fish into the finished soup (pick out the bones first), along with fresh herbs. Season with salt. Serve hot with ground black pepper.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Onion - 41 kcal/100g
- Ripe potatoes - 80 kcal/100g
- Baked potatoes - 70 kcal/100g
- Mashed potatoes - 380 kcal/100g
- Boiled potatoes - 82 kcal/100g
- Potatoes in uniform - 74 kcal/100g
- Fried potatoes - 192 kcal/100g
- Carrots - 33 kcal/100g
- Dried carrots - 275 kcal/100g
- Boiled carrots - 25 kcal/100g
- Boiled crucian carp - 102 kcal/100g
- Fresh carp - 87 kcal/100g
- Celery - 12 kcal/100g
- Celery Roots - 32 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Spices dry - 240 kcal/100g
