Fish Soup (Kakavia)

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Time to Prepare this Recipe 200 minutes Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 175 minutes
Calories Per Serving and Nutrition Information 707 calories per serving view nutrition facts
# of servings this recipe makes 6-8 servings suggest servings
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Ingredients

1 1/2 kilograms fish trimmings
3 litres water
1 x salt
1 x peppercorns whole
2 large onions chopped
2 each garlic cloves crushed
2 each leeks white part only
1 cup carrot chopped
1 cup celery chopped
1/2 cup olive oil
2 cups tomatoes chopped, peeled
2 each bay leaves
4 Sprigs parsley leaves
1 Sprig thyme
750 grams potatoes peeled and sliced
1 x parsley leaves chopped
Fish
1 1/2 kilograms fish mixed, whole
500 grams lobster tails green
500 grams prawns large, green
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions

Obtain from the fishmonger fish trimmings such as heads and backbones.

Rinse well and place in a large pot.

Add water, salt and 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns and simmer for 2 hours.

Strain stock and reserve.

Gently fry onion, garlic, chopped leeks, carrots and celery in oil for 10 minutes.

Add chopped tomatoes, herbs tied into a bunch and reserved fish stock.

Season well with salt and freshly ground pepper.

Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

Add potatoes and boil for 5 minutes.

Reduce heat, add fish pieces and simmer 3 minutes, then add lobster pieces and prawns and simmer for 7-10 minutes until prawns turn pink and lobster meat is cooked.

Do not boil when shellfish are added for they will toughen.

Pile fish, shellfish and potatoes in a serving dish, sprinkle with chopped parsley and keep hot.

Serve soup in a tureen as a first course with crusty bread, then follow with seafoods and potatoes served with lemon wedges and a cruet of olive oil.

Alternatively soup, potatoes and seafoods may be served together in deep plates.

NOTE: Fish and shellfish preparation: Fish suitable are snapper, mullet, eel, whiting, john dory and bream.

Cut into 2 inch slices and sprinkle with lemon juice.

Add heads and trimmings to fish stock.

Cut rinsed lobster tails into 2 inch pieces with shell on.

Shell and de-vein prawns.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 699g
Amount per Serving
Calories 707 38% of calories from fat
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30.0g46%
 Saturated Fat 4.0g22%
 Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 363mg121%
Sodium 711mg30%
Total Carbohydrate 55.0g18%
 Dietary Fiber 7.0g29%
 Sugars 9.0g
Protein 55.0g111%
Vitamin A 132%  Vitamin C 69%
Calcium 18%  Iron 31%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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