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Authentic Parisian Fish Soup with Small Pasta and Fennel – Chef Hubert's Recipe

Ingredients (Serves 8)

  • Fish soup pasta: 350 g
  • Fish (mullet, gurnard, conger, monkfish, crab, etc.): 2 kg 500
  • Onions: 300 g
  • Garlic: 1 head
  • Tomatoes: 5
  • Fennel: 5 sprigs
  • Thyme: 2 sprigs
  • Bay leaf: 1 leaf
  • Olive oil: 15 cl
  • Saffron pistils: 3 g
  • Salt, pepper

Prep Time: 40 minutes

Difficulty: 2/5

Instructions

  1. Gut, scale, wash, and drain the fish. Peel and thinly slice onions, quarter tomatoes, halve garlic head widthwise (unpeeled).
  2. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over high heat. Add onions; stir with wooden spatula until browned.
  3. Add fish, garlic, tomatoes, and herbs. Mix well; cook 10 minutes.
  4. Add 5 liters cold water. Bring to rolling boil; cook 20 minutes.
  5. Season with salt, pepper, saffron. Remove herbs; pass through grinder.
  6. Return to heat; boil 10 minutes. Strain through fine mesh, pressing solids into saucepan.
  7. Bring to boil; add pasta. Cook ~12 minutes.
  8. Serve hot with garlic-rubbed croutons.

Authentic Parisian Fish Soup with Small Pasta and Fennel – Chef Hubert s Recipe

The Book of Dough by Chef Hubert for Panzani