Eel Soup Recipe, German Fish Soup with all inclusive

Name: Eel Soup Recipe, German Fish Soup with all inclusive
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 2 Persons
Ingredients: smoked eel 1 pc; Soup vegetables 200 g; Potatoes 2 pc; onion 1 pc; dried plums without stone 60 g; butter 2 tbs; dry white wine 50 ml; Vegetable broth 200 ml; Salt 1 pinch; Pepper 3 pinches; chili flakes 1 pinch; finely chopped fresh dill 2-4 pinches; onion rings 6-8 pc

Hamburger eel soup — Typical Hamburg eel soup with baked fruit

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from Thomas Sixt
Hi, I am a German Chef and Food Photographer. The imparting of cooking knowledge is my great passion. Everyone can cook for himself and with this website I would like to contribute to its success. Cooking questions I answer you gladly at the end of the articles. Have fun and good luck!

Welcome to my new recipe Eel Soup. This is a hearty fish soup wonderfully suitable for cool weather – North German “shitweather” 🙂 In Hamburg the eel soup is called like this because “aal” or “all” is in it. Most people know “all inclusive” – that’s how it is meant. It is originally a leftover soup that contains “alles” (= everything, High German) = “all” (Low German). The inclusion of the fish eel came later, it was not included at first. Promised, our eel soup is with real eel and also the baked fruit, which belongs to it after Hamburg kind. So, now we can start cooking, and I wish you good luck!

Kale soup with smoked eel and smoked foam — The kale soup with smoked eel, smoked foam and kale chips nicely on the plate

The kale soup with eel, smoked foam and kale chips I show you in another post! © Thomas Sixt Food Photographer

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1. Cooking Eel Soup, my Tips at a Glance
2. Special Features of Hamburg Eel Soup
3. Smoked Eel Soup versus Green Eel
4. Recipe Eelsoup
5. Calories and Nutritional Values
6. Weitere leckere Suppen Rezepte

1. Cooking Eel Soup, my Tips at a Glance

For the preparation of our eel soup I recommend the following ingredients:

Smoked eel
Potatoes
Onions
Soup vegetables (carrots, leek, celery)
Baked fruit (dried fruit such as plums, apples, apricots)
Vegetable broth
Optional dry white wine
Fresh or dried dill
Pepper, salt and chili

Smoked eel as a whole must first be filleted. You will find the instructions in the article Filleting of Eel

2. Special Features of Hamburg Eel Soup

The Hamburg eel soup is slightly different because it contains ham bones, dried fruit, flour dumplings and soup vegetables. The eel is added as a garnish. This is the traditional sweet and sour Hamburg eel soup. I personally find potatoes healthier and tastier and prefer my soup to be based on a vegetable broth. That is why I have made my soup a little lighter and fresher.

Soup vegetables for our fish soup.

3. Smoked Eel Soup versus Green Eel

You are probably asking yourself: Why smoked eel and not “green” eel? For those who are not familiar with the term “green” eel or “green” herring: These are the fish that are prepared in the dish as fresh fish as opposed to smoked fish or pickled fish.

“Green fish” is fresh fish

To get back to your question: Smoked eel is simply very hearty and rustic in taste. The smoky taste harmonises perfectly with the sweet dried fruit and the vegetables in the soup. What can I say: Simply a great kick on the tongue.

Smoked eel is our deal!

My post Filleting of Eel shows you step by step how to perfectly prepare the smoked eel for your soup.

Peel off the eel fillets — Using your fingers, carefully peel the eel fillets from the head side to the end of the tail.

The Filleting of Eel is shown by me as professional chef in my cooking wiki.

4. Recipe Eelsoup

Eel Soup

Eel soup – a hearty meal. Step by step instructions for an eel soup Hamburger style from the professional chef Thomas Sixt.

Servings 2 Persons

Calories 601

Total Time 60 Min.

In my article Recipe for Eel Soup I show you step by step how an eel soup is easy to make and how it comes to the table in a hearty and delicious way. Good luck!

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Ingredients

Eel Soup
1	pc	smoked eel (See note on filleting in the article!)
200	g	Soup vegetables (carrots, leek, celery)
2	pc	Potatoes
1	pc	onion
60	g	dried plums without stone (mixed dried fruit with apples and apricots)
2	tbs	butter
50	ml	dry white wine (optional!)
200	ml	Vegetable broth
1	pinch	Salt
3	pinches	Pepper
1	pinch	chili flakes
Decoration
2-4	pinches	finely chopped fresh dill (or dried dill)
6-8	pc	onion rings

Instruction

Eel prepare

Cut off the head of the smoked eel — Cut off the head from the smoked eel.

File the smoked eel, see the step-by-step instructions with photos linked in the article above.

Portion the eel fillets — Then cut the eel fillets into suitable portions.

Place the portioned eel pieces in a cool place for later serving.

Wash, peel and chop the soup vegetables. Sweat about 1/4 of the amount with some butter in a pot for 8 minutes until colourless. Deglaze with the white wine and fill up with cold stock.

Prepare the smoked eel stock — Simmer the skin and bones of the smoked eel with the soup vegetables and broth.

Add the skin and bones of the smoked eel and let it simmer for about 15 minutes below boiling point at about 90-95°C. Try the stock several times and pass through the soup if the smoked taste is too strong for you.

Make Soup

Vegetables as a soup — Diced root vegetables in the pot when preparing the soup and soup approach.

Peel the onion and cut into strips or cubes. Place the remaining soup vegetables ready. Wash and peel the potatoes and cut them into 0.5 cm cubes. Sauté the vegetables in a little butter.