
Ciuppin
Ciuppin
Thick, fragrant pureed fish soup, served piping hot on toasted bread.
Ciuppin is a fish soup with a dense, velvety consistency, designed to enhance the fish flesh through slow cooking and subsequent sieving. On the table, it presents itself as a tasty puree, supported by soffritto Vegetables, ripe tomatoes, white wine, and the aroma of oregano. Toasted bread completes the dish with an initial crunchy note, which softens upon contact with the hot soup. The technique requires careful attention, especially in reducing the stock and adjusting the final density: the perfect result should be full-bodied yet fluid, able to envelop the bread without becoming compact. Ciuppin is a typical Ligurian dish, best served piping hot as a complete and hearty meal.
Instructions
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Prepare the battuto aromatic
Finely chop the onion, celery, parsley, garlic, and carrot. Pour the olive oil into a saucepan and add the chopped vegetables; sauté until golden. over medium heat until the vegetables become soft and turn golden in color, developing a uniform aromatic scent without darkening the garlic excessively.
Deglaze with wine
Raise the heat and pour the dry white wine on soffritto. Let it evaporate quickly, then lower the heat and continue until the stock is reduced and no longer has the pungent odor of alcohol. This step concentrates the aromas before adding the tomato.
Prepare the tomatoes
Peel the tomatoes, remove the seeds, chop them, and discard some of their liquid. Add them to the stock once the wine has evaporated, so the sauce maintains a more concentrated consistency and doesn't become excessively liquid.
Cook the sauce
20 minBring the sauce to a boil, then cook it over medium heat for at least twenty minutes. Stir continuously with a wooden spoon to combine the soffritto and the tomato; consider cooking complete when the mixture It appears uniform, fragrant and slightly reduced.
Add the fish
Clean the fish, remove the bones, and cut it into pieces. Add it to the sauce along with the oregano and cook slowly, maintaining a gentle simmer. Continue cooking until the flesh is very tender and almost falling apart, absorbing the flavor of the stock.
Rule and sift
Fix the mixture of salt and pass it through a sieve, blending the sauce and fish until smooth. Evaluate the consistency: the purée should be thick but runny, not watery or compact; if necessary, dilute it with one or more spoonfuls of warm water.
Heat the ciuppin
Return the puree to the pot and turn the heat to high. Wait for it to return to a boil, checking that the surface is moving evenly and that the soup is piping hot before serving.
Serve with bread
Arrange the toasted bread slices in bowls. Pour the piping hot ciuppin directly onto the bread and serve immediately, so the bread absorbs some of the purée while maintaining a pleasantly soft but not completely mushy texture.
Chef's Tips
The editorial staff recommends cooking the fish slowly until it tends to fall apart, then adjust the density of the puree with a little warm water: it should coat the ladle without being compact.
Ingredients
- Ingredients for 4 people
- (2.2 lb) 1 kg of fish (snapper or capon or white sea bream or scorpionfish)
- 1 onion, 1 celery stalk 1 small bunch of parsley
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 pinch of oregano
- 1 carrot, 2 large, ripe tomatoes, 1 glass of dry white wine
- olive oil
- slices of toasted bread
- salt and pepper
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