Ingredients
900g/2 lb fish heads or bony fish
2 litres/3 1/2 pints water
6 green bananas, peeled and diced
1 tomato, blanched, cored and chopped
1 sprig of thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme
2 shallots, diced
3 red chilli peppers, 1 whole and 2 chopped
salt & pepper
Method
1. Make a stock with the fish by rinising them under cold water, putting them in a pan with cold water, boil, cover and simmer for 30 mins *
2. Strain the stock
3. Add the tomato, bananas, thyme, shallots and chillis to the stock
4. Bring to the boil and simmer until the bananas are half tender
5. Remove the whole chilli and season with salt & pepper
Serves : 4
Preparation time : 10 mins
Cooking time : 30 - 45 mins
* If you can't make the stock yourself use a fish stock cube, hey that's what they're there for isn't it!
1 comment:
Very nice job Charlotte... that's coming from a Jamaican who grew up having fish soup one Saturday every month :o) The other Saturdays was either soup made of beef, chicken or mutton.
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