SOPA DE PEIXE
Fish soup
from “Guilly” Canavarro Remedios
We have not yet tested this recipe. It is recorded here to allow experimentation and verification.
1 medium sized fish or 1 crab
A little celery or parsley
A few onions
2 cloves of garlic
1 bay leaf
½ tsp salt
1 tsp lard
Fry the celery, parsley, onions, garlic and bay leaf and when done add 1 quart | 1.2 l of water and bring to the boil.
Wash the fish or crab well, put into the boiling stock and boil for 10 mins or till done. Take out the fish, bone it and return the meat to the pot.
Put the fish or crab in the pot. Put in a few slices of stale bread in the soup tureen, and pour the soup over and serve.