Lohikeitto – Finnish Salmon Soup Recipe

Ingredients (4-6 servings):

• 500 g salmon fillet
• 50 g butter
• 1 large onion
• 1 l fish stock, or other stocks, or water
• 3-4 potatoes
• 2 carrots
• 1 bunch of fresh dill leaves
• 200 ml heavy cream
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• salt and pepper to taste

Preparation method:

1. Skin the salmon fillet and cut them in 2 cm cubes.
2. Slice the carrots.
3. Peel and dice the potatoes.
4. Chop the onion.
5. Chop the dill leaves.
6. Melt the butter in a pot and saute the chopped onions for about 5 minutes, until softened.
7. Meanwhile, prepare the stock: cook the mackerel in about 1-1.5 litres of water for about 10 minutes until the fish is cooked through.
8. Reserve the fish for separate consumption, we’ll use only the stock for the recipe.
9. While the leeks are cooking, put 5 cups of water and the reserved fish skin in a saucepan and bring to a boil, turn down the heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
10. Add to the pot the salmon skin, cubed potatoes, sliced carrots and the fish stock.
11. Cook for 10-15 minutes, until the potatoes and carrots are cooked. Remove the salmon skin.
12. Add to the soup pot the cubed salmon, the cream, half of the chopped dill and cracked allspice.
13. Bring back to boil and simmer over low heat a few minutes, until the fished is just cooked. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
14. Serve hot with some extra chopped dill on top.