Ingredients

  • 2 lbs haddock
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 ounces diced salt pork (or bacon)
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 4 large potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1 cup celery, chopped
  • 1 bay leaf, crumbled
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • fresh ground pepper
  • boiling water, as needed
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 (13 ounce) can evaporated milk
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Method

  • Simmer haddock in a fish-poaching pan for 15 minutes. Drain. Reserve fish, broth and bones.
  • In a 10-inch skillet, saute diced pork until crisp. Remove pork with a slotted spoon and reserve.
  • Saute onion in the pork fat until golden brown.
  • Add fish (flaked), bones, potatoes, celery, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
  • Pour in fish broth plus enough boiling water to make 3 cups of liquid and simmer for 30 minutes.
  • Add milk and evaporated milk and simmer for 5 minutes. Correct seasonings and remove bay leaf and ALL the bones.
  • Add butter. Serve in a heated soup tureen and sprinkle top with salt pork.