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Toby’s Soup for chilly spring days
Words Cathy Delany-Hobbs
Feeling cold after a spring day out on the water and not ready for a large meal? How about trying a really interesting soup. And one
that will not break the piggy bank. All ingredients are simple and locally available.
Whether you make it on board or at home, it is delightfully simple yet has a real ‘something’ to it and I have not met a person who
did not come back for more. It goes well with crusty bread and, of course, a beer or a glass of white wine.
Why ‘Toby’s Soup’? This recipe was given to me by a friend–Toby, after he served it at the start of a delicious simple lunch on a cool
Hong Kong spring day. And so I immediately requested the recipe and made some to take out on the boat the next week.
Ingredients:
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1 large fish tail
A good-sized chunk of ginger (at least an inch square
or more if you wish)
¼ lb peanuts
1 large piece of pork strip i.e. 1/2 meat, 1/2 fat
1 large papaya
1 tin of clear chicken soup (large or small, depending
on your preference)
Some nice cooking oil for frying the fish (very little
needed)
Salt and pepper (though not too much pepper) to taste
Chopped up onions or spring onions
1 carton of milk
Method:
1. Fry the fish tail in a wok with the ginger and then
place it in a cooking bag to sweat, [cooking bags are
available from Harrods in Sai Kung] while the rest is
being gathered and chopped.
2. Boil and then skin the peanuts, discard the skins.
3. Cut the pork up into pieces.
4. Cut the papaya into chunks.
5. Remove the fish bones.
6. Combine all the above plus the tin of chicken soup and
gently boil together for approximately two hours.
7. Take off the boil and add two cups of milk, some cut
onions and salt to season.
8. Let it sit for a few minutes (time enough to set the table,
cut the bread, pour the wine and sit down).
If you have made it intending to reheat it on the boat I
suggest that you may like to add the milk and chopped
onions after it has been heated. If the milk is already in, it
needs to be heated gently—do be careful not to boil it.
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