Lohikeitto Finnish Salmon Soup Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Lohikeitto Recipe Overview
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4 people
Ingredients Needed
- 3 tablespoons/45g/1.6ozs butter
- 220g/7.7ozs leek (around 2 leeks, white part only)
- 240g/8.5ozs carrots (around 2 large carrots), sliced on the diagonal round 0.5cm/0.2inch thick
- 450g/1lb potatoes, cut into small pieces around 1cm/0.4inch square
- 700ml/1.5pints stock (fish or chicken)
- 500g/1.1lbs salmon, cut into cubes around 1.5cms/0.6inch squares
- 5-10g/0.17-0.35oz fresh dill (small bunch), roughly chopped
- 300ml/10.6flozs pure, pouring or thickened cream
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1 - Cut leeks in half lengthways and then slice into half moons. Rinse these in a sieve to remove any dirt and drain well. Add butter to a pot set to low to medium heat. Sauté leeks for 5-6 mins with the lid on, stirring occasionally but not letting the leeks brown. Add carrots, potatoes and stock and simmer for 15 minutes with the lid on.
Step 2 - Add salmon pieces and allspice and bring to a simmer. Place lid on for 3 minutes stirring halfway. Turn off the heat and stir in cream and fresh dill. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Personal Note
Dear Reader this past week we've both been sick. Unfortunately Mr NQN doesn't really look after himself and while I was away for a week in Switzerland he got sick (you'd think it would be more likely that I'd bring a bug back from overseas!). I knew it would happen because he rarely turns the heat on and doesn't wear enough clothing. By mid May two weeks before winter, I had all of my winter coats unpacked from storage but he couldn't be bothered so he sat in our house with a cotton jumper on but when he walked the dogs, he only added a scarf.
"Make sure you don't get sick," I warned him from overseas. "We are going to Orange when I get back and you know how cold it gets!" I reminded him.
Of course by the time I got back, he had a full blown cold. I was fine for about a week but then being in the same car together and same hotel I eventually caught the cold too. We both had sniffles and a cough and I think that he finally got the message that it was being "penny wise pound foolish" to avoid turning on the heat when he felt the warm embrace of the fireplace and heated floors. Even the dogs abandoned him and sat with me because they know that where mummy is, it's always warm.
And when the weather reached a "feels like temperature" (the most important weather reading for those of us that feel the cold) of 6C/42F he finally decided to look for his coat. And it turned out that all he had to do was look in the storage box from the wardrobe!
So tell me Dear Reader, do you look at the "feels like temperature"? Are you good at looking after yourself?