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Bergen fish soup
Bergensk fiskesuppe: creamy Bergen fish soup with carrot, leek and sour cream
Bergensk fiskesuppe is the soup of Bergen's rainy harbour: a creamy, slightly sweet-sour broth with julienned carrot, leek and celeriac, chunks of white fish and salmon, small fish dumplings and a spoon of sour cream, finished with chives. Bergen families make it on Saturdays, and every restaurant on the Bryggen wharf has its own. A common mistake is boiling the fish, which breaks it up and makes it dry. Chef's tip: add the fish at the end and poach it in barely trembling soup for 3–4 minutes, until just opaque and flaking.
- Total time
- 55 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the soup
- 1 oz butter
- 2 carrotscut into matchsticks
- 1 leeksliced
- 5 ½ oz celeriaccut into matchsticks
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 4 ¼ cups fish stock
- ¾ cup single cream
- 1 tsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp sugar
- ¾ tsp salt
- 10 ½ oz cod or haddock filletin chunks
- 7 oz salmon filletskinned, in chunks
- 4 tbsp sour cream
- ⅓ oz fresh chiveschopped
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Melt 1 oz butter in a pot and soften 2 carrots, 1 leek and 5 ½ oz celeriac for 5 minutes. Stir in 2 tbsp plain flour.
5 minStep 2: Whisk in 4 ¼ cups fish stock and simmer for 10 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
10 minStep 3: Add ¾ cup single cream, 1 tsp white wine vinegar, 1 tsp sugar and ¾ tsp salt and bring back to a bare simmer.
Step 4: Add 10 ½ oz cod or haddock fillet and 7 oz salmon fillet and poach gently for 3–4 minutes, until just opaque and flaking. Common mistake: boiling; the fish breaks up.
4 minStep 5: Serve with a spoon of 4 tbsp sour cream and ⅓ oz fresh chives.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 32 g
- Carbs
- 14 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does bergen fish soup take?
- About 55 minutes in total: 25 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
- What can I use instead of carrots?
- Parsnip or sweet potato, same weight.
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