Serbian Fisherman's Soup

Ingredients:

• 500g. small greshwater fish
• 1/2l. water
• 2 onions
• 1 paprika
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 bunch of parsley
• 200-300g. sterlet or catfish
• 1tbsp. tomato puree's
• 1dl. white wine
• salt and pepper

Fisherman's soup in Serbia is known as riblja čorba and this recipe originates from the Hungarian cuisine. Here are the directions for preparing:

Clean small fish, wash, cut into halves, add chopped onion and garlic, paprika's cut into bigger strips, sprigs of parsley. Pour in cold water and simmer until all is tender. Pass through a sieve, add tomato, salt, pepper, bring to the boil again and then add pieces of sterlet or catfish. Pour in white wine and simmer for another 20 minutes.

Serbian Fisherman's Soup

Thick soup with sweetcorn

Ingredients:

• 3 young corncobs
• 250g. smoked pork ribs
• 1-2 tbsp. vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• peppercorns
• caraway seeds
• marjoram
• 1 bayleaf
• 2 onions and 2 cloves of garlic
• 200g. potatoes
• 1dl. milk
• 2 tbsp. lard

Put the following into 1l. cold water: 1 teaspoon of salt, a few peppercorns, a bayleaf, a pinch of varaway seeds and of marjoram, a peeled and halved onion and peeled cloves of garlic. Water with spices should be cooked 10-15 minutes and then cooled. 

Wash pork ribs well, cut into pieces and put into the cold marinade to stand overnight. Fry chopped onion in lard the following day, add ribs from the marinade. Peel and dice potatoes, husk and crush sweetcorn, add everything to onion and ribs and cook slowly for a while. Pour in milk and strained marinade and simmer until all is tender.

Thick soup with sweetcorn