Pat's Smoked Salmon Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• 1/4 fennel bulb, chopped
• 1 stick celery, chopped
• 3 shallots, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 leek, chopped
• 1 1/2 lbs smoked salmon, trimmings
• 3 pints fish stock
• 1 ounce butter
• 12 1/3 wine
• 1 bouquet garni
• 1/2 pint heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons of chopped chives

Recipe

• 1 mix all the veetables in a bowl.
• 2 sweat 1/2 the vegetables in 1/2 the butter without browning for 5 minutes and reserve. brown the other half in a separate pan in the remaining 1/2 of butter. add smoked salmon trimmings to the browned vegetables and sweat for 2 minutes. mix in the wine and bouquet garni and reduce by half. add fish stock to cover or water if not available. simmer for 25 minutes and then strain. add to the reserved vegetables. cook for a further 15 minutes then stir in the cream. simmer for 5 minutes. serve with a garnish of chopped chives.