Name: Traditional Christmas Fish Soup with Mushrooms
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 100 min
Total time: 625 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Czech
Ingredients: 2 piece Carp Head; 70 gram Celeriac; 5 piece Black Pepper; 8 gram All-purpose wheat flour; 100 gram Mixed Dried Mushrooms; 10 gram Unsalted Butter; 1 piece Yellow Onion; 1 piece Bay Leaf; 1 piece Parsley root; 2 piece Carrot; 20 gram Carp Roe and Milt; 5 piece Allspice; 3 gram Salt; 80 gram Soup Noodles

Mom's Christmas Fish Soup with Mushrooms

Step-by-step method

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At a glance

It all starts the day before, with dried mushrooms left to soak. The next day, a proper fish stock is simmered from carp heads, vegetables and spices. The stock is thickened with a light roux, the soaked mushrooms are added along with their soaking water, and everything simmers a little longer. Finally, the noodles go in, and just before serving, the soft roe and milt are added so they stay delicate.

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Soak the mushrooms the day before

The first step towards our Christmas soup happens a day ahead. Soak the dried mushrooms in water. The next day, drain and rinse them, cover with fresh water, season lightly with salt and simmer for about half an hour.

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100 gram
Mixed Dried Mushrooms
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Prepare the fish

Rinse the carp heads, cut out the gills (so the stock doesn't turn bitter), and put them into a pot.

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2 piece
Carp Head
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Prepare the vegetables

Add the cleaned root vegetables and onion, along with spices, and season with salt. If you filleted the carp yourself at home, you can also add various trimmings. Just set the soft roe and milt aside — they go into the soup only just before serving.

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2 piece
Carrot

1 piece
Parsley root

70 gram
Celeriac

1 piece
Yellow Onion

1 piece
Bay Leaf

5 piece
Allspice

5 piece
Black Pepper

3 gram
Salt

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Simmer the stock

Simmer the stock for about an hour — no longer is needed. Strain it. You can also pick the meat off the carp heads and add it to the soup as well.
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Make the roux

Melt some butter in a pot, stir in the flour and make a light roux. Pour in the cooled stock and whisk well so no lumps form in the soup. The amount of roux is up to you — some prefer a thinner soup, others a thicker one.

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10 gram
Unsalted Butter

8 gram
All-purpose wheat flour
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Add the mushrooms, simmer and serve

Add the mushrooms along with the water they soaked in to the thickened stock. Simmer for half an hour. Meanwhile, cook the noodles in salted water. About five minutes before the soup finishes cooking, add the sliced milt, roe and noodles.

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80 gram
Soup Noodles

20 gram
Carp Roe and Milt

Step-by-step method

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Soak the mushrooms the day before

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Prepare the fish

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Prepare the vegetables

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Simmer the stock

Make the roux

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Add the mushrooms, simmer and serve

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Mom's Christmas Fish Soup with Mushrooms

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