Italian Soups Recipes - Thick Fish Soup with Noodles (Zuppa Spessa di Pesce con Vermicelli) Recipe

Ingredients

• 10 ml/2 tbsp olive oil

• 2 onions, sliced

• 2 garlic cloves, chopped

• 3 tomatoes, chopped

• 1.2 liters/2 pts/5 cups water

• 900 g/2 lb mixed fish fillets, e.g. whiting, sole, mullet, cod, hake, mackerel, chopped

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups white wine

• 100 g/4 oz vermicelli, broken in pieces

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method:

1. Heat the oil in a large pan and fry (sauté) the sliced onions for 2 minutes.

2. Stir in the garlic and tomatoes and cook until soft. Stir in the water and the fish.

3. Bring to the boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove the fish carefully and place in a dish. Keep warm.

4. Stir the white wine into the stock and vegetables, bring to the boil and add the vermicelli.

5. Cook for 5 10 minutes, then pour over the fish and season to taste.