Lohikeitto (Finnish Salmon Soup)
Lohikeitto (Finnish Salmon Soup)
Category
Soup
Servings
4
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Recipe Courtesy of: Taryn Makinen and In My Kitchen Inc,
Ingredients
500 g/ 1 lb salmon, skinned and cut into large chunks *
10-12 small new potatoes, leaving the skin on or 4 large potatoes, if russet - peel *
3 carrots, peeled and sliced into coins
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 leek, thinly sliced, washed
1 L good quality fish stock, vegetable stock or water*
Salt
1-2 Tbsp Butter
1/4 tsp white pepper*
1/2 tsp allspice or whole allspice berries
1 bay leaf
1 c heavy cream
Plenty of fresh dill, finely chopped
1 lemon, cut into 4 wedges
Directions
Melt a piece of butter in a medium pot and over medium sauté the thinly sliced leek and onion.
Saute until translucent but not brown. Add the stock, if not using, water. Add the potato, carrot, bay leaf, allspice, and white pepper, stir.
Boil (with lid on) for 10-15min until potatoes begin to soften. Add the salmon on top of the boiling vegetables, making sure the fish is covered with liquid and sprinkle salt on top.
Gently boil the fish until ready; resist the urge to stir too requently as it will break apart the fish.
Add the cream to the soup and stir gently, not boil.
Heat through, check the flavour and add more salt if needed. Lastly add the dill.
Serve with crusty bread, butter and lemon wedges. If desired squeeze some lemon onto your soup.
Recipe Note
Fish
Salmon is Taryn's & Paula's favourite, but halibut or cod work great too. You need a fish that will not flake apart.
Potatoes
Taryn prefers the small new potatoes with skin on or fingerling.
Fish Stock
Paula has made this with fish stock and with water, and finds it is much better with a good quality fish stock.
Cream
Paula uses only about 1/4 C of cream,.
White Pepper (Paula note)
White pepper has a distinct flavour, my family used it a lot in New Zealand and the smell brings back memories of steamed potatoes with mint at my Grandparents home. White pepper is also used frequently in Vietnamese cooking as IMK Host Raymond has shared with me. You can find white pepper in most grocery stores or Asian grocery stores.
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