Yumptious Fish soup

It might not look like much, but I loved it. Yumptious :)

Mum said my Russian Grandpa used to make a soup like this, I can't remember it. I do remember his tomato soup. I am not sure if it was homemade or out of the can, but I used to love the way he put cubes of cheese at the bottom of the bowl. It's one of my favourite memories of him cooking for me. 

The other thing I recall always seeing in his fridge is Rollmops. It must have been where my taste for them came from. 

About to tuck in :)

My brother surprised me a few weeks back when he rang me from Adelaide where he was visiting. He was in Hahndorf and asked me if I wanted some. It lightened my heart because he had thought of me when he saw them, remembering my taste for them, which in turn reminded me of my Grandpa. 

It's kind of a relief, for your sake, that this soup doesn't have rollmops in it, the pickled fish are an acquired taste and not everyones cup of tea. 

1 tablespoon oil

1 large onion, diced

180 grams diced bacon

2 sticks celery, sliced

2 garlic cloves, chopped finely

2 medium potatoes, chopped in 1cm dice

1 tablespoon flour

2 cups milk, warmed in microwave

1/2 cup corn kernels

400 grams fish(I used Mulloway)

100 grams scallops*

1 1/2 cups fish stock

*I used frozen scallops from the supermarket. If you don't have them you can just use 500 grams of fish. You can use mussels(in the shell) for something fancy. Add them for the last two minutes and serve on top of soup.

Heat oil and fry bacon until just starting to crisp.

Add onion, celery and garlic and fry until onion is soft.

Add flour and stir in for a minute.

Add potato, milk and stock, simmer until thickens, about 5 minutes.

Add corn and fish and cook until fish is opaque.

Add in scallops for the last two minutes.

Season and serve.