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Italian fish soup with angel hair pasta
Based on a traditional fish soup from the Italian Riviera in Liguria, this recipe is more like a fish broth. This means it’s quite easy to make and low budget because you can use cheaper types of fish. The broth is served with fried angel hair pasta, fresh parsley, lemon juice and sautéed prawns! This Italian fish soup isdelicious, nutritious, and so tasty!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 658 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Appetizer
Cuisine:
Mediterranean , Italian
Ingredients
- 1.75 pounds fresh fish for soup
- 8 fresh prawns (large shrimps)
- 2.1 pints vegetable stock organic or homemade
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 onion peeled and chopped
- 4 garlic cloves peeled and chopped
- 1 bunch fresh parsley washed and chopped
- 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms soaked and chopped
- 1 pinch saffron powder 1 sachet (0.1g) can be omitted
- 1 lemon for zest and juice
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 7 ounces angel hair pasta or fine spaghetti
- 1 tablespoon butter unsalted
- salt for pasta water and to taste
- freshly ground black pepper. to taste
Instructions
Prepare the ingredients.
- Clean and prepare the fish and prawns as stated in the content above. Then cut the fish into 3-4 pieces. Heads and tails go into the soup too. Remove the heads from the prawns and set aside the tails. The heads go in the soup.
- Put the porcini mushrooms to soak in warm water for 15-20 minutes. Then drain them and cut into small pieces. Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. Wash and chop the fresh parsley. Zest the lemon.
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Make the fish soup/broth
- Sauté the onion, garlic and parsley in 2 tablespoon olive oil for 2-3 minutes. Add the drained and chopped porcini and sauté for another minute or 2. Then add the tomato concentrate (paste). Stir and let it cook a little before adding a small amount of the vegetable stock (½ a cup).
- Add all the fish pieces and the shrimp/prawn heads to the pot. Stir again and mix so they get a little infused with the flavors of the aromatics, mushrooms and tomato paste. Next add the bay leaf, ½ the freshly grated lemon zest and a little salt and pepper to taste. Continue to cook over a medium heat for another 5 minutes.
- Add the rest of the vegetable broth, bring the soup to a simmer, then lower the heat and cook for about 25 minutes o until the fish starts to fall off the bones.
- Pass the fish soup through a fine sieve into another smaller pot. You can discard all the fish and bones, or carefully remove some of the meat and add it back intoto the fish soup. Next add the saffron and stir until it dissolves.
Prepare the pasta and the shrimp/prawns
- Put a pot of water onto boil for the pasta. Add salt once it starts to boil. Then bring to a boil again. Cook the pasta al dente according to the instructions on the packet. Angel hair pasta only needs 2 minutes of cooking time.
- Melt a little butter in a small frying pan with a couple of peeled and halved garlic cloves. Sauté the prawn tails in the butter and garlic for about 1-2 minutes each side. You can peel the prawns before adding them to the soup or leave them unpeeled.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a frying pan. Drain the pasta well and add it to the heated oil. Stir fry the pasta until it starts to crisp slightly.
To serve.
- Place a portion of pasta in each soup bowl. Reheat the soup, if necessary, then add a ladle or two of soup to each bowl with a couple of sautéed shrimp/prawn tails. Sprinkle more chopped parsley and lemon zest onto the soup and serve with a quarter of lemon for each person.
Notes
- You can use spaghetti or other fine long pasta like tagliolini instead of angel hair pasta. You can also cook the pasta in the fish broth is you don't want to fry it. In this case you may need a little more vegetable broth.
- Feel free to omit the saffron if not available. The amount use is very tiny, and the soup will still be delicious without it.
- The fish needs to be cleaned, descaled and cut into pieces before adding it to the broth. You can ask your fishmonger to clean the fish for you.
- See content for what to do with leftovers.
Nutrition Information
Calories
658kcal
(33%)
Carbohydrates
54g
(18%)
Protein
52g
(104%)
Fat
26g
(40%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
13g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
155mg
(52%)
Sodium
2023mg
(84%)
Potassium
1157mg
(33%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
1150IU
(23%)
Vitamin C
23mg
(26%)
Calcium
141mg
(14%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 658
% Daily Value*
Calories | 658kcal | 33% |
Carbohydrates | 54g | 18% |
Protein | 52g | 104% |
Fat | 26g | 40% |
Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
Monounsaturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
Cholesterol | 155mg | 52% |
Sodium | 2023mg | 84% |
Potassium | 1157mg | 25% |
Fiber | 4g | 16% |
Sugar | 6g | 12% |
Vitamin A | 1150IU | 23% |
Vitamin C | 23mg | 26% |
Calcium | 141mg | 14% |
Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.