À la Dankertier

Second post in that "comfort food" series of post! This is a real sunshine in this dark grey January. It is actually the first recipe André shared with me, our very first exchange on Facebook message was about this. I was reminded of it recently when I eat a similar soup while in Bergen, where it was also grey and humid! The recipe is for 4 peoples. Heat a pot or big pan (I use a big pan) to medium-high heat and add a dash of olive oil . Slice up 1-2 garlic cloves , an onion (or a third of a leek),    a pepper bell (mix of green and red) , add to the pot as well as 500-600g of mixed sea creatures , cut in bite size pieces if necessary. In our case, we had 200g of salmon, 200g of cod and 150g of mixed seashells. Fry everything until golden. Deglaze with roughly 200ml of wine or saké . Add 2-3 diced tomatoes and a bunch of chopped fresh basil . Add salt and pepper to taste and simmer for 10-15 minutes until the water is reduced: it's more of a stew than a soup mayb...

This is an extremely easy, fast and cheap recipe. I just did it and was again surprised, that it took less than 30min, including cutting and cooking, from the fridge into the bowls. It's a recipe of my mom's old cook book, which almost falls apart, since it's from good old GDR times ;). Originally it's supposed to contain leftover meat, which has to be cooked long, or intestines, you won't eat otherwise. My mom altered it into a nice fashioned, anytime doable meal. We made a lot, either just for us or in big quantities, which is also straight forward. You just need a few ingredients, and with a twist you can do it all in one pot: I simply fry the stuff in a deep soup pan and add hot water from a kettle. If you don't have one, fry everything in a pan, boil water in the pot and add it. Cut and fry 200g onions , 100g Bacon and 2 cloves garlic in a deep soup pan (at least 3l). Meanwhile cut 500g of big Hot Dog sausage* in stripes and dice a few gherkins ....