Lohikeitto

Creamy salmon soup with potato and dill.

Ingredients

• 600 g Fresh salmon
• 500 g Potatoes
• 2 Leeks
• 2 Carrots
• 1 cup Cream
• 3 tbsp Butter
• ½ cup Dill
• 5 Allspice
• 2 Bay leaves
• 5 cups Fish stock
• 2 tsp Salt

Method

1. Start the base — Soften the sliced leek in butter without colouring it.
2. Add vegetables — Add the diced potato and carrot, stock, bay and allspice and simmer 15 minutes until tender.
3. Add the salmon — Cut the salmon into large cubes and slip them in, then cook just 5 minutes — it should barely be done.
4. Add cream — Pour in the cream and warm through without boiling.
5. Lohikeitto is ready — Stir in a generous amount of dill off the heat and serve with rye bread.

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