Brodetto di Pesce (Adriatic Fish Broth) | Saveur

Brodetto di Pesce (Adriatic Fish Broth) | Saveur

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Fish soups of this kind are common all along Italy's Adriatic coast—but this version, from a Venetian fishmonger, is unusually full of flavor.

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Ingredients

  • 1 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> lb. large whole shrimp
  • 10 lb. assorted heads, bones, and skin from non-oily fish (monkfish, rouget, fluke, grouper, red snapper, sea bass, halibut)
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> lb. mussels, debearded
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> lb. clams, scrubbed
  • 6 black peppercorns
  • 2 large ripe tomatoes
  • 1 large white onion, halved
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1 stalk celery, chopped
  • 3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed and peeled
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> bunch parsley, trimmed and chopped
  • 1 cup tocai friulano or other dry Friuli white wine
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> lb. assorted filets from non-oily fish (as above), cut into 2" pieces

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