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Finnish Salmon Soup- Lohikeitto

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This soup is a traditional and very common Finnish lunch, appetizer or dinner and in my opinion, the best food to come from Finland.

Ingredients

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1 lb salmon filet, skinned and cut into apx 1 inch chunks, reserve the skin. (or use 1 pound of a whole salmon so you can use the head and skeleton to make the broth)

4 Tablespoons butter

1 large leek, washed and white and light green parts sliced thinly

5 cups of fish stock (or chicken or vegetable stock work great too)

1 lb potatoes, diced into bite-sized pieces (I never peel mine, but you can if you’d like)

4–5 carrots, peeled and sliced into 1/4– 1/3 inch slices

1/2 cup fresh, finely chopped dill (or about 1 tablespoon of dried dill)

1 cup heavy cream

1/4 teaspoon pepper

salt to taste

Instructions

Melt butter in a 4-quart soup pot and sauté the leeks until soft, about 10 minutes

While the leeks are cooking, put 5 cups of water and the reserved fish skin (and head and skeleton if using) in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes. If you buy a skinless filet or don’t want to bother making a fish broth, skip this step and just add 5 cups of chicken or vegetable stock in it’s place when leeks are done cooking.

Strain the broth into the pot with the leeks and throw away the solids from making the fish stock. Add in the potatoes, carrots, dill, and pepper and cook till vegetables are tender, about another 10 minutes.

Add the salmon chunks to the soup along with the cream and remove from the heat. The salmon cooks in just a few minutes in the hot soup off the heat. If you simmer it on the stove till the salmon is cooked then it will become over-cooked while sitting in the hot soup before it’s served. Add salt and pepper to taste

Notes

This soup makes great leftovers. The flavors will mature and be even more wonderful the next day, though be careful not to overheat the soup or you will over cook the salmon.

Here in Finland you can buy fish stock and fish bouillon to make a stock at every grocery store. I have never looked for this in America so let me know if this is available in normal grocery stores!

Keywords: Salmon Soup

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