This recipe provides instructions for making a fish soup containing grouperfish, shrimp, clams, onions, garlic, tomato concentrate, chilli, white wine, red pepper, bay leaves, potatoes, carrots, and macaroni noodles. The fish is boiled for 15 minutes then removed from the bones. Onions and garlic are braised in olive oil before adding the tomato concentrate and chilli. Wine is added and evaporated. Potatoes and carrots are added along with fish broth and boiled. Macaroni is added and boiled for 8-10 minutes. Finally, the shrimp, fish and clams are added and boiled for 5 more minutes until the clams open. The soup is served after removing bay leaves.

1. FISH SOUP
Ingredients:
 1 grouperfish
 400 g of Shrimp
 500 g clams
 4 onions
 4 clovesof garlic
 6 cupsof Tomato concentrate
 1 Dry chilli
 1 dl of white wine
 1/2 spoonof red pepper

2.  2 bayleaves
 2 large potatoes
 2 carrots
 1 cup of macaroni noodles
 1,5 dl of olive oil
 salt
 pepper
 coriander(optional)
How to prepare this dish:
Put some water in a saucepan with a pinch of salt and cook the fish for about 15 minutes. After
those 15 minutes take the fish out of the water and remove the skin and fish bones. Put the fish
aside torest and keepthe waterthatwas usedto boil the fishtobe used lateron as a broth.
Meanwhile, in another large saucepan add the olive oil with the onions and the minced garlic and
let it braise for a bit. Then, add the tomato concentrate and the chilli, mix and let it cook for a few
minutes.Pourthe white wineandletitslightly evaporate.
Add half a pepper and the bay leaf, let it cook for a moment and then add a bit of that reserved
fish water if necessary. After that, add the potatoes and the carrots in cubes and a little bit more
of the water,letitcook from5-10 minutesina low heat.
Add more fish broth and let it boil, then add the macaroni noodles and let it cook for 8-10 minutes
on a low heat. Add the shrimp, the fish that was set aside in the beginning, the clams and let the
soupcook for a final 5-10 minutesuntil the clamsopen.
Take out the bay leavesandserve (withcorianderasa garnishif wanted).
Marta Gonçalves
12º C, Portugal