Salmon Soup (Lohikeitto) is without doubt one of the most traditional, and delicious, Finnish foods. It’s an interesting dish as year after year it’s in the top 10 of the most popular everyday meals, but at the same time it’s something you can find on a restaurant menu. Creamy, comforting and hearty – that’s salmon soup in a nutshell!
Creamy Salmon Soup
🍴 Servings: 4
🕒 Hands-on: ~ 15 minutes
🎛 Cooking time: ~ 25 minutes
INGREDIENTS
- 2 carrots, peeled & cut into medium chunks
- 1 brown onion, finely chopped
- 10g butter
- 1 litre water
- 1 fish stock cube
- 400 – 500g potatoes (waxy), peeled & cut into large cubes
- 300 – 400g salmon, skinned & cut into 2cm cubes
- 3 – 4 small bay leaves
- 10 whole allspice
- 10 whole peppercorns
- 1 – 1.5 tsp salt
- 150ml cream
- large handful of fresh dill, roughly chopped
STEPS
1 Melt the butter in a soup pot. Add carrots and onions, and cook on a medium-low heat for about 5 minutes.
2 Add water and fish stock, and bring to a boil. Add potato cubes, bay leaves, allspice, peppercorns and most of the salt. Simmer for about 10 minutes until potatoes feel slightly tender.
3 Next, add the salmon and cook on a low heat for 2-3 minutes.
4 Finally, add the cream and simmer for 5 more minutes or until the soup is hot. Remove the bay leaves and finish the salmon soup with fresh dill. Check seasoning and add salt if needed.
Notes:
- Spices — Using whole allspice and peppercorns gives the soup more balanced and rounded flavour. If substituting whole spices with ground, start with ¼ teaspoon each as the flavour will be stronger. You can then adjust the seasoning in the end
- Dill — Fresh dill can be substituted with dried dill, but fresh dill makes the soup so much tastier! If you using dried dill, put about one teaspoon
- Salmon — Salmon soup is also nice with smoked salmon or with a combination of regular salmon and smoked salmon. If substituting, use about 200-250g and only add the salmon with the cream (smoked salmon is already cooked and it has more intense flavour so you don’t need as much). Also, since smoked salmon is pretty salty I’d suggest cutting down the amount of salt by half
Main equipment:
Soup pot (3L)
Vegetable peeler
Chopping board + knife
Measuring jug (optional)
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