Mediterranean Diet Recipes: Soups

Fish Soup with Rotelle

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 onion, diced

1 tablespoon minced garlic

½ can crushed tomatoes

1 cup Rotelle (round pasta)

1 dozen mussels in their shells

1 pound monkfish

¼ teaspoon rosemary

Saute the onion and garlic in the olive oil until soft. Add one quart water, the tomatoes, rosemary and pasta. Add salt and pepper to taste and cook for fifteen minutes.

Clean the mussels well and cut the fish into bite-sized pieces. Add to the soup and simmer for another ten minutes. All of the mussel shells should be open at this point. Discard any unopened ones.

Serve with crusty bread and olive oil.