Scottish Soup with Smoked Fish Recipe
Soup with the strange name "Cullen Skink" is one of the iconic dishes of Scottish cuisine. A combination of fish, potatoes, milk and cream, classic for the Nordic countries. Serve this delicious soup for lunch to your family on a cold autumn day.
Servings 4
Cook Time 40 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
- 4 pieces Potatoes
- 1/2 piece Carrot
- 1/2 piece Onion
- 200 gram Fish smoked, I have mackerel, in the original haddock, cod
- 400 ml Milk
- 50 ml Cream (33%)
- 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg ground
- 1/4 teaspoon Black pepper
- 200 ml Broth fish
- Parsley to taste
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Onions and carrots are cleaned and cut into cubes.
- We take a frying pan with high sides or a saucepan, heat it, pour oil. Fry the vegetables until soft over medium heat, put the diced potatoes, fill with fish broth.
- Pour the milk, bring to a boil and cook the vegetables and potatoes in the milk until tender over medium heat.
- Add the nutmeg and black pepper. Lightly mash with a potato masher, the potatoes and vegetables.
- We take smoked fish, I have mackerel, clean, cut into fillets, cut or tear into pieces.
- Put the fish in the soup. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Try for salt. My fish is salty, I didn't need any more salt. Turning off the fire.
- Add the cream.
- Warm up the soup without boiling for 5 minutes.
- Serve the soup with parsley. Bon Appetit!