DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Ciorba de Peste
Gina Bradea describes this Dobrogean fisherman's soup as a preparation from her childhood and family.
About Ciorba de Peste
Gina Bradea describes this Dobrogean fisherman's soup as a preparation from her childhood and family. Her traditional account starts with a stock of small mixed fish and vegetables, followed by larger fish; this rendition selects carp and pike-perch.
Vinegar supplies the characteristic sourness, while fresh lovage provides the finishing herb flavour. Onion, carrot, bell pepper, parsley root and potatoes build the vegetable base around the fish.
The soup is served in large bowls with a piece of fish and plenty of broth. The family presentation leaves the fish for the end, with additional vinegar and sarmuzac garlic sauce alongside.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish.
Optional additions: Celery, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ciorba de Peste
Gina Bradea's inherited Dobrogean fisherman's fish soup.
- Small mixed fish for stockProtein
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- OnionAromatic
- CarrotBase
- Bell pepperBase
- Parsley rootAromatic
- PotatoesBase
- Celery rootAromatic · Optional
- VinegarSeasoning
- TomatoesBase · Optional
- CarpProtein
- Pike-perchProtein
- Fish roeFinish · Optional
- EggsBinder · Optional
- Fresh lovageGarnish
- Parsley leavesGarnish · Optional
- Sarmuzac garlic sauceAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Small mixed fish for stock: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual146 generic small stock fish, species unspecified; discarded solids still food-contact ingredient.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual146 cooking/stock water, source historical water provenance not safety guidance.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Required initial stock146; later availability150 allocation consolidated.
- Bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Required initial stock146; later availability150 consolidated.
- Parsley root: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Required initial stock146, later availability150 consolidated.
- Potatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Celery root (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Celery source-confirmed. Actual150 conditional availability in soup.
- Vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Soup souring152 and fish eating/dip164 consolidated; type unprovided.
- Tomatoes (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional152.
- Carp: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Selected actual larger-fish option153; conventional carp identity, exact species not forced.
- Pike-perch: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Selected actual salau larger-fish option153, other options unselected.
- Fish roe (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Conditional source161 enrichment if fish has roe, exact species unprovided.
- Eggs (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Only optional roe enrichment161-162, not required plain soup.
- Fresh lovage: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Parsley leaves (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional163 extra herb, not replacing required lovage.
- Sarmuzac garlic sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual165 mandatory named prepared garlic emulsion; full subformula remains separately sourced, no whole-egg mayo inferred.
Origins & food traditions
Romania association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Cuisines & regions
- Dobrogean Cuisine
- Dobrujan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Romanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.