Recipe: Classic fish soup with home-made garlic croutons – The Irish Times

Ingredients

• Olive oil
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 1 stick of celery, finely chopped
• ½ cucumber, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp parsley, stalks and leaves
• 2 sprigs of thyme
• ½ tsp saffron filaments
• 1 x 400g can tomatoes, chopped and their juice
• ¼ bottle of dry white wine
• 600ml fish stock
• 1 lemon – juiced
• Salt
• pepper
• 200g of very fresh fish, skinned and cubed.
• Makes 750 ml/1¼ pints
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 egg yolks
• Squeeze of lemon
• 300 ml (1 pt) olive oil
• 1 thick slice of bread
• Fish stock or water2 cloves of garlic1 roasted red pepper2 small fresh red chillies2 egg yolks1tsp Dijon mustard250ml olive oil