Recipe: Fisherman's Winter Soup

Rivers Head Chef Akos Bilant is serving up this fabulous recipe for you to try at home. Perfect for those cold winter nights.

Serves 8

Fisherman's Winter Soup by Rivers Head Chef Akos Bilant

Ingredients

300g  Barramundi, diced 5cm cubes

300g  Perch, diced 5cm cubes

700g  Australian Bass, diced 5cm cubes

2 Brown onions, diced

¼  Clove garlic, diced          

1tbs Vegetable oil   

2tbs Sweet paprika  

3 Sweet banana capsicum                    

2 Tomatoes, diced

1 Red chili, diced

¼ bunch Parsley

Salt and Pepper to taste

Method

Stock

Add onion and garlic to a pot with oil and cook until soft and brown.

Remove from the heat and add paprika. Stir vigorously for approximately 30 seconds.

Add half of each fish variety and place back on the heat. Fill the pot with water until fish pieces are covered.

Simmer for 1 hour

Strain and keep the liquid – that is our fish stock.  

Soup

Place stock back on the heat and add the remaining fish, sliced capsicum and diced tomato.

Cook on a slow heat for 40 mins, occasionally stirring gently.

To Serve

Gently place fish in to a soup bowl and pour liquid over the top.

Sprinkle with fresh capsicum, chili and parsley.

Recipe by Akos Balint, Head Chef

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