DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Aljotta
Fish soup with tomato, garlic, mint and marjoram.
About Aljotta
La Cucina Italiana presents this aljotta as a Maltese fish soup. The same soup fish supplies both the heads for its aromatic stock and the pieces of flesh in the finished bowl.
Tomato, onion and garlic form the cooking base, with mint and marjoram used during cooking and at the finish. Carrot, onion and celery contribute to the strained homemade stock.
The fish remains in substantial pieces within a slightly thickened tomato broth. Chopped herbs complete the hot soup, and boiled rice is offered as an optional accompaniment alongside it.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Celery.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Aljotta
La Cucina Italiana’s Maltese-style aljotta.
- Soup fish, heads and fleshProtein · Fish and homemade stock
- Plum tomatoesBase · Soup
- OnionAromatic · Soup
- CarrotAromatic · Homemade stock
- OnionAromatic · Homemade stock
- CeleryAromatic · Homemade stock
- GarlicAromatic · Soup
- MintAromatic · Soup and finish
- MarjoramAromatic · Soup and finish
- Extra-virgin olive oilCooking medium · Soup
- SaltSeasoning · Stock and soup
- PepperSeasoning · SoupIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid · Homemade stock
- Boiled riceAccompaniment · Serving · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Soup fish, heads and flesh: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Fish species unspecified; same fish supplies heads and flesh.
- Plum tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Separate soup portion.
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. One of listed combined odori, amount not apportioned.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Distinct from soup onion, amount not apportioned.
- Celery: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Celery source-confirmed. Listed stock aromatic.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Mint: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Both uses retained, exact allocation unspecified.
- Marjoram: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Both uses retained, exact allocation unspecified.
- Extra-virgin olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader olive-oil link; exact extra-virgin source form.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Type unspecified.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit homemade-stock water only. Fish washing medium is not named.
- Boiled rice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional separate accompaniment; earlier formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- MaltaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Maltese Cuisine
- Maltese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.