COPPERLohikeitto recipe
Finnish salmon soup built on a stock drawn from the salmon's own head and bones, with leeks softened in butter, allspice berries and dill thrown in only at the very end.
Ingredients
- 500 g salmon fillet
- 500 g salmon bones and head
- 400 g potatoes
- 1 leek
- 2 carrots
- 30 g butter
- 8 allspice berries
- 1 bay leaf
- 200 ml cream
- 1 bunch dill
- 1 tsp salt
How to make Lohikeitto
- Simmer 500 g salmon head and bones in 1.5 L water with 1 bay leaf and 8 allspice berries for 20 minutes, then strain. This stock is the backbone of the soup; a vegetable bouillon cube gives you a different dish.
- Melt 30 g butter in the pot and sweat 1 sliced leek for 8 minutes without letting it colour.
- Add 400 g waxy potatoes in 2 cm cubes and 2 sliced carrots, pour in the stock and simmer 15 minutes until the potatoes give to a knife.
- Cut 500 g skinless salmon fillet into 3 cm cubes and check for pin bones.
- Take the pot off the boil, slide in the salmon and 200 ml cream, and poach 5 minutes at a bare tremble. If it boils the salmon shreds and the cream splits.
- Season with salt, then stir in a large handful of chopped dill off the heat.
- Let the soup stand 10 minutes before serving with dark rye bread.
What is Lohikeitto?
Lohikeitto is a traditional dish from Finland, simmered in one pot, and takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes from start to finish. It is built around salmon fillet, salmon bones and head and potatoes. The recipe below uses 11 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Lohikeitto take?
At 70 minutes it is quicker than 72% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 2 dishes built on salmon fillet. The method runs to 7 steps, the longest being 20 minutes.
Any tips for making Lohikeitto?
Take the pot off the boil before adding the salmon and cream and poach at a bare tremble: if it boils, the salmon shreds and the cream splits.
How Lohikeitto compares
Hard to find elsewhere: salmon bones and head (1), salmon fillet (2) and cream (3).
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