Fisherman’s soup

Name: Fisherman’s soup
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 tbsp olive oil, plus extra to drizzle; 1 small onion, finely chopped or sliced; 3 celery sticks, finely chopped or sliced; 3 garlic cloves, finely sliced; Pinch chilli flakes, or 1 red or green chilli, sliced; 5 plum tomatoes, finely chopped, or 400g tin plum tomatoes, drained and chopped; 600ml fish or vegetable stock; 100ml dry white wine or additional fish or vegetable stock; 500g firm, white sustainable fish, cut into 2-3cm pieces; 200g peeled, raw prawns or 500g clams or mussels, cleaned; Juice ½ lemon, small orange or lime; ½ bunch flatleaf parsley, dill, tarragon, coriander or basil, leaves picked and finely chopped

Instructions

Prep:30min

A thrifty and healthy fish soup recipe from Claire Thomson. Poach the fish in a tomato-laced broth, then add clams or prawns for a rich and hearty soup. Loved this recipe? Try our simple fish stew next. Recipe from Tomato: 80 Recipes Celebrating the Extraordinary Tomato by Claire Thomson (Quadrille £22).

Updated at: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:36:27 GMT