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Dinner Dish: Italy Food Tours – Ran-Away Fish Soup
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The heel of Italy known as Puglia has a plethora of agricultural traditions, as the land is fertile here. But seafood dishes are aplenty too since the region has 500 miles of coastline. Chef Rita shares one of her food traditions, sugo di pesce fuggito (ran-away fish soup with spaghetti) during our culinary vacations in Puglia. It is certainly one of the most interestingly-named dishes you will prepare on our Italy food tours! The reason for the name? It is a “fish” broth – with no fish in it!
According to Rita, this is her modern take on an 18th-century created originally by the Apulian chemist Sebastiano Mona. The stew was popular until the end of the second world war. You can learn other interesting cooking methods as well as age-old recipes on our Puglia cooking vacations.
Our cooking vacations in Puglia usually include accommodations at a charming masseria (a countryside mansion), most meals, hands-on cooking classes, and excursions, including a unique market visits and foodie tours.
Recipe for Ran-Away Fish Soup
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Ingredients
- 1 kg (just over 2 lbs) empty sea shells and sea pebbles
- 3 liters boiling water
- 2 celery leaves
- 2 basil leaves
- 1 onion
- Pepper to taste
- 700 grams (about 1 1/2 lbs) peeled tomatoes
- 100 grams (just under 7 tablespoons) oil
- 700 grams (about 1 1/2 lbs) spaghetti
Instructions
- Put the sea shells and sea pebbles in a pan with three liters of water at a low flame and skim the water.
- Then add the celery leaves, basil leaves, an onion, some pepper, peeled tomatoes, and oil. Increase the flame and continue cooking the broth.
- Sift the water, and when the water boils, add the spaghetti.
As Rita says, “here’s your tasty fish soup … without fish!”
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