This recipe is from Gourmet magazine. Let me start off by saying that the recipe as stated below is just so-so. Having only 'water' to flavour the soup just wasn't enough. So I definitely recommend substituting some of it with clam juice, chicken stock, or both. Also - I added a can of diced tomatoes (seasoned with basil and olive oil) and some crushed red pepper. I also made some white rice and ladled the soup on top. I did not make the toasts. Enuf said...here's the recipe
For soup:
2 pound mixed freshwater fish fillets, cut into 2-inch pieces
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 cup dry white wine (preferably Italian such as Grechetto, Vermentino, or Trebbiano)
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes (preferably Italian)
2 cups water
For toasts:
1 baguette
1 garlic clove
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Garnish: chopped flat-leaf parsley
Make soup:
Pat fish dry and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Cook onion, celery, and garlic in oil with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened but not browned, about 8 minutes. Add parsley and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add wine and boil until liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, water, and 1 teaspoon salt and bring to a simmer. Add fish and reduce heat to cook at a bare simmer until just cooked through, about 10 minutes.
Make toasts while fish cooks:
Preheat broiler.
Cut 18 (1/2-inch) slices from baguette and toast 3 to 5 inches from heat, turning once, until golden, 3 to 4 minutes total.
Cut garlic clove in half and rub on toasts, then brush toasts with oil. Serve with soup
For soup:
2 pound mixed freshwater fish fillets, cut into 2-inch pieces
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 cup dry white wine (preferably Italian such as Grechetto, Vermentino, or Trebbiano)
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes (preferably Italian)
2 cups water
For toasts:
1 baguette
1 garlic clove
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Garnish: chopped flat-leaf parsley
Make soup:
Pat fish dry and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Cook onion, celery, and garlic in oil with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened but not browned, about 8 minutes. Add parsley and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add wine and boil until liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, water, and 1 teaspoon salt and bring to a simmer. Add fish and reduce heat to cook at a bare simmer until just cooked through, about 10 minutes.
Make toasts while fish cooks:
Preheat broiler.
Cut 18 (1/2-inch) slices from baguette and toast 3 to 5 inches from heat, turning once, until golden, 3 to 4 minutes total.
Cut garlic clove in half and rub on toasts, then brush toasts with oil. Serve with soup
They are there now..