Fish Soup (Kakavia)

• 1 1/2 kilograms fish trimmings
• 3 litres water
• 1 x salt
• 1 x peppercorns whole
• 2 large onions chopped
• 2 each garlic cloves crushed
• 2 each leeks white part only
• 1 cup carrots chopped
• 1 cup celery chopped
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 cups tomatoes chopped, peeled
• 2 each bay leaves
• 4 Sprigs parsley leaves
• 1 Sprig thyme
• 750 grams potatoes peeled and sliced
• 1 x parsley leaves chopped
• 1 1/2 kilograms fish mixed, whole
• 500 grams lobster tails green
• 500 grams shrimp large, green
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

1. Obtain from the fishmonger fish trimmings such as heads and backbones.
2. Rinse well and place in a large pot.
3. Add water, salt and 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns and simmer for 2 hours.
4. Strain stock and reserve.
5. Gently fry onion, garlic, chopped leeks, carrots and celery in oil for 10 minutes.
6. Add chopped tomatoes, herbs tied into a bunch and reserved fish stock.
7. Season well with salt and freshly ground pepper.
8. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
9. Add potatoes and boil for 5 minutes.
10. Reduce heat, add fish pieces and simmer 3 minutes, then add lobster pieces and prawns and simmer for 7 to 10 minutes until prawns turn pink and lobster meat is cooked.
11. Do not boil when shellfish are added for they will toughen.
12. Pile fish, shellfish and potatoes in a serving dish, sprinkle with chopped parsley and keep hot.
13. Serve soup in a tureen as a first course with crusty bread, then follow with seafoods and potatoes served with lemon wedges and a cruet of olive oil.
14. Alternatively soup, potatoes and seafoods may be served together in deep plates.
15. NOTE: Fish and shellfish preparation: Fish suitable are snapper, mullet, eel, whiting, john dory and bream.
16. Cut into 2 inch slices and sprinkle with lemon juice.
17. Add heads and trimmings to fish stock.
18. Cut rinsed lobster tails into 2 inch pieces with shell on.
19. Shell and de-vein prawns.

trimmings, water, salt, onions, garlic, leeks, carrots, celery, olive oil, tomatoes, bay leaves, parsley, thyme, potatoes, parsley, mixed, lemon juice

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/fish-soup-kakavia-44691 (may not work)