Bookbinder Red Snapper Soup

• SOUP BASE
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
• 12 white peppercorns or 12 black peppercorns, crushed
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
• 2 teaspoons chopped cilantro
• 8 cups vegetable broth
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• salt
• RED SNAPPER
• 2 small onions, chopped fine
• 3 celery ribs, chopped fine
• 1 -2 red snapper fillet (10 oz.)
• 1/4 cup sherry wine (optional)

1. To make soup base, heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add carrots, celery, garlic, onion, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper; cook, stirring frequently, about 4 minutes.
2. Stir in peppercorns, bay leaf, tomato paste, thyme, rosemary, and cilantro; cook 2 minutes and add 7 cups of the vegetable broth; heat to boil.
3. Melt butter in a small saucepan; add flour and cornstarch, cook, stirring constantly, 4 to 5 minutes.
4. Slowly whisk in remaining 1 cup broth until mixture is smooth; add mixture to soup base; cover and simmer over medium-low heat 20 minutes.
5. Taste and adjust seasonings.
6. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve or cheesecloth; discard solids and return broth to pot.
7. To make snapper, heat water to boil in a medium-sized saucepan over medium-high heat; add onions and celery; blanch until soft, about 3 minutes.
8. Remove with a slotted spoon and add to broth.
9. Boil fish in the same water until cooked through.
10. Remove fish from water; flake very finely with a fork.
11. Stir snapper and sherry, if desired, into soup base; heat through.

olive oil, carrots, celery, garlic, onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, white, bay leaf, tomato paste, thyme, fresh rosemary, cilantro, vegetable broth, unsalted butter, flour, cornstarch, salt, red, onions, celery, red snapper, sherry wine

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/bookbinder-red-snapper-soup-75333 (may not work)