Zuppa di Pesce (Seafood soup)

This is by far my favourite soup in the world, very light, wonderful flavour and seafood lovers will be in heaven. This soup goes extremely well with toasted bread or if you want more flavour then make garlic bread.

Ingredients:

1 pound salmon cut into 1 inch cubes
12 to 16 tiger shrimp
1 and a half pounds calamari cut into rings
16 mussels
4 small langoustines
1 large tablespoon finely chopped fresh chili (seeds removed)
1 large tablespoon finely chopped garlic
2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
2 large tablespoons oregano
1 and a half cups dry white wine
3 cups fish stock
3 cups classic tomato sauce (check my classic recipe on this page)
4 slices of good quality italian bread
8 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Peel the shell's from the shrimp, rinse the mussels and remove the beards or strings and rinse the langoustines as well. Place a casserole on medium heat with the olive oil, put in the salmon, shrimp, calamari, mussels, langoustines, garlic and chili fry for 2-3 minutes or until the mussels open up (discard any mussels that do not open). Next pour in the wine and let cook for another 2-3 minutes or until the alcohol evaporates, then pour in the fish stock and tomato sauce. After that add the oregano and cook for another 5 minutes on high heat. Meanwhile sprinkle the bread lightly with some olive oil and place oil side down on a frying pan on medium heat, fry until golden brown and flip on the other side to toast it as well. Remove the bread and take the soup off the heat and put into 4 large soup bowls with an equal amount of seafood on each, sprinkle with the parsley and serve with the crunchy bread.

Serves 4