Fish Soup with Rouille

A rich, flavorful French-inspired fish soup paired with a garlicky rouille sauce.

How to Make Fish Soup with Rouille: A Step-by-Step Guide

⏱️ Preparation Time: 20 minutes
🍳 Cooking Time: 40 minutes
🥄 Total Time: 1 hour
👩‍🍳 Serves: 4

Ingredients:

For the Fish Soup:

• 🐟 400g mixed white fish fillets (such as cod, haddock, or snapper)
• 🍤 200g shrimp (peeled and deveined)
• 🍅 2 large tomatoes (chopped)
• 🥔 1 large potato (peeled and diced)
• 🧅 1 onion (chopped)
• 🧄 2 cloves garlic (minced)
• 🥒 1 celery stalk (chopped)
• 🌿 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 🌶️ 1 bay leaf
• 🌿 1/4 cup fresh parsley (chopped)
• 🍋 1 lemon (zested and juiced)
• 🧂 Salt and pepper (to taste)
• 🥣 4 cups fish stock or water
• 🥄 2 tbsp olive oil

For the Rouille:

• 🧄 2 cloves garlic (minced)
• 🍞 1 slice of day-old bread (crust removed, torn into pieces)
• 🍋 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 🌶️ 1/2 tsp saffron threads (optional)
• 🧂 Salt and pepper (to taste)
• 🧴 1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions:

1. Make the Rouille:
   • In a food processor, combine garlic, bread, lemon juice, saffron (if using), salt, and pepper.
   • Slowly add olive oil while blending until a smooth, creamy consistency is reached. Set aside.
2. Prepare the Fish Soup:
   • In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium heat.
   • Add onion, garlic, celery, and cook for 5 minutes until softened.
   • Add tomatoes and cook for another 5 minutes until the tomatoes break down.
   • Pour in fish stock (or water), bring to a simmer.
   • Add the potato, thyme, and bay leaf, and cook for 15 minutes, until the potato is tender.
   • Add the fish fillets and shrimp, cook for another 5-7 minutes, until the fish is cooked through and the shrimp turn pink.
   • Season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice.
   • Discard the bay leaf and thyme sprigs.
3. Serve:
   • Ladle the soup into bowls.
   • Top with a spoonful of the rouille and sprinkle with fresh parsley.
   • Serve with crusty bread on the side.