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Shrimp Soup
Venice (Veneto) — Mother recipe · en it
A delicious shrimp soup typical of Venice, combining the briny taste of the ocean with the sweet notes of saffron.
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⏱️ 20 min prep + 45 min cottura · 4 porzioni · media
Ingredients
- 200g of fresh shrimp
- 2 onions
- 4 carrots
- 2 zucchini
- 500 ml of fish broth
- 1 teaspoon of saffron
- 100g of bread slices
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 100g of grana padano cheese
- 200g of red bell peppers
Method
- Clean the shrimp and dice the onions, carrots, and red bell peppers.
- In a pot, sauté the onions in olive oil, then add the carrots and red bell peppers.
- Add the shrimp and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour in the fish broth and add the saffron, let it simmer for 10 minutes.
- Transfer the soup into a baking dish, add the bread slices and grated grana padano cheese.
- Bake in the oven at 180°C for 10-15 minutes, until the bread is golden.
- Serve, garnish with sliced red bell peppers.
The story
Shrimp soup is a traditional Venetian dish with medieval roots, when sailors would return from their voyages with fresh shrimp and prepare them in a broth.
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