French fish soup

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 600 g tomatoes
• 250 g crabs, fresh, unpeeled, or 100 g crab meat
• 300 g soup vegetables
• 200 g onion(s)
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 liter vegetable broth
• 400 g fish fillet(s), variety of your choice, diced
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 8 g basil
• 3 tbsp dry white wine
• 4 tbsp cream

Instructions

Working time approx. 50 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

Wash, boil, skin, and chop the tomatoes. Peel the crabs and chill. Wash, trim, and chop the soup vegetables. Dice the onions and sauté them with the squeezed garlic in olive oil until translucent. Add the soup vegetables and sauté. Add the prepared tomatoes. Pour in the broth and simmer for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, dice the fish fillet and add lemon juice to the juice. Finely chop the basil. Then add the fish and basil to the soup and simmer for 10 minutes over low heat. Season to taste with wine and cream. Finally, add the crabs and heat until hot. Serve with fresh baguette and dry white wine.