A popular dish at Unseen University and, it is rumoured, among the gods themselves. It is said to be the soup from which all life evolved, and if you leave this one long enough life will definitely evolve in it.*
470 ml fish stock 50 g salmon, filleted and skinned 50 g cod, filleted and skinned 12 mussels, shelled and cleaned 50 g crab meat (prepared) or 4 crab sticks, roughly shredded 6-10 baby octopus tentacles, cleaned 230 g tin chopped tomatoes 150 ml dry white wine 2-3 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tablespoon roughly chopped parsley 1 tablespoon chopped dill 1 teaspoon paprika 2 vermicelli nests (approx. 25 g each) 100 g shrimps, shelled and cooked a few drops gravy browning/green food dye (optional) 1 large egg, beaten salt and pepper
Bereiding:
Heat the fish stock in a large pan. Roughly chop the salmon and cod and drop into the stock. Simmer on a gentle heat until the fish is nearly cooked. Then remove from the heat and stir until the fish chunks separate and break down. Return to the heat and add the mussels, crab meat and tentacles. Bring to a simmer. Add the tomatoes and wine and return to a low heat. Add the herbs, garlic and seasonings, the vermicelli and shrimps, and simmer until the pasta cooks. Add browning/food dye if required, and check seasoning. Finally, add the egg and gently stir until cooked. Then quickly birng the mixture to the boil for a few seconds and server.
* Technically (see The Science of Discworld), primal soup should be a vivid turquoise. But no one who is anyone was there, so why worry?