Ciarla's Fish Soup

Name: Ciarla's Fish Soup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 43 min
Total time: 1 h 28 min
Yield: Four main portions or six first-course portions
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 1/4 pound slab bacon, cut into 1/4- by 1/4- by 1/2-inch pieces; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 tablespoon medium-hot paprika; 1 cup chopped onion (about 1/2 large onion); 3 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled; 1/2 cup dry white wine; 2 cups fish broth (see Micro-Tips); 3 strips dry lasagna noodles, about 2 ounces, broken across into 1-inch pieces; 8 littleneck clams (about 1 pound), scrubbed; 1/2 cup tomato puree; 4 mussels, scrubbed and debearded; 1 cup canned pink beans, drained and rinsed; 1/2 pound squid, cleaned, bodies sliced into rings, tentacles quartered, OR 1/2 pound bay scallops; Pinch dried sage; Pinch dried thyme; Pinch freshly ground black pepper

By Barbara Kafka

Updated Oct. 12, 2023

Total Time: 1 hour 28 minutes
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 43 minutes
Rating: 3(6)
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Ingredients

Yield:Four main portions or six first-course portions

¼pound slab bacon, cut into ¼- by ¼- by ½-inch pieces
1tablespoon olive oil
1tablespoon medium-hot paprika
1cup chopped onion (about ½ large onion)
3cloves garlic, smashed and peeled
½cup dry white wine
2cups fish broth (see Micro-Tips)
3strips dry lasagna noodles, about 2 ounces, broken across into 1-inch pieces
8littleneck clams (about 1 pound), scrubbed
½cup tomato puree
4mussels, scrubbed and debearded
1cup canned pink beans, drained and rinsed
½pound squid, cleaned, bodies sliced into rings, tentacles quartered, OR ½ pound bay scallops
Pinch dried sage
Pinch dried thyme
Pinch freshly ground black pepper

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Preparation

Step 1
Place bacon in a 5-quart casserole. Cover loosely with paper toweling. Cook at 100 percent power for 7 minutes. Remove from oven and uncover.
Step 2
Remove bacon with a slotted spoon to paper toweling to drain; set aside. Pour off most of the fat from casserole, leaving about 1 tablespoon behind. Add oil and paprika and stir to make a paste. Mound in the center of casserole. Cook, uncovered, for 2 minutes.
Step 3
Remove from oven. Add onion and garlic and toss to coat. Cook, uncovered, for 2 minutes 30 seconds. Stir in wine, 1½ cups of the fish broth and lasagna pieces. Cover securely with microwave plastic wrap or with a tightly fitting lid and cook for 5 minutes.
Step 4
If using plastic, prick plastic to release steam. Remove from oven and uncover. Arrange clams, hinge-end down around the inside edge of the dish. Re-cover and cook for 5 minutes or until clams open. Prick plastic to release steam.
Step 5
Remove from oven and uncover. Stir in tomato puree and arrange mussels, hinge-end down, in the center of the dish. Cover and cook for 5 minutes, or until mussels open.
Step 6
If using plastic, prick to release steam. Remove from oven and uncover. Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine. Cover and cook for 4 minutes or until squid is opaque. Remove from oven and uncover. Stir in bacon pieces and serve.