FISH SOUP WITH AïOLI
Ingredients
- 400g/14oz cod loin
- cut into 1.5cm/â…�in chunks
- 1 lemon
- zest only
- 1½ tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove
- thinly sliced
- 1 large red onion
- thinly sliced
- 1 fennel bulb
- thinly sliced
- 1 carrot
- finely chopped
- 1 tsp mild curry powder
- ½ tsp paprika
- 1 400g tin chopped tomatoes
- drained
- 400ml/14fl oz Pino Grigio white wine
- 2 tsp caster sugar
- 250ml/9fl oz fish stock
- small bunch fresh dill
- finely chopped
- 200g/7oz raw king prawns
- deveined
- 20g/¾oz butter
- 15g/½oz finely chopped flatleaf parsley
- small bunch chives
- finely chopped
- freshly ground black pepper
- 2 free-range egg yolks
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 250ml/9fl oz sunflower oil
- 1 garlic clove
- crushed
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Coat the cod with the lemon zest and a few turns of pepper and set aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Sweat the garlic
- onion
- fennel and carrot for 10 minutes or until soft. Add the curry powder and paprika and fry for a further minute.
- Add the tomatoes
- white wine
- sugar
- stock and 2 tablespoons of the dill. Bring to the boil
- reduce the heat and simmer for 25 minutes.
- While the soup is simmering
- make the aioli by placing two egg yolks in a mini food processor. Add the lemon juice and blend together. Gradually add the oil
- drop by drop while blending
- for about 5 minutes or until it thickens. Add the garlic and season to taste.
- When the soup has been cooking for 25 minutes
- add the cod and simmer for 3 minutes. Season to taste.
- Meanwhile
- fry the prawns in the butter for 3 minutes
- or until pink and cooked through. Once cooked
- stir the prawns into the soup.
- To serve
- divide the soup between four bowls and garnish with the parsley
- chives
- dill and a dollop of the aïoli.

