Inspired by ukha from the 2009 Italian romantic drama “I Am Love” where a young man’s comfort food is his mother’s fish and vegetables soup.
Cook time: 50 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Fisherman’s soup
Soup
Italian egg drop soup (stracciatella alla Romana)
Grated Pecorino is stirred into beaten eggs, poured into hot broth and is left untouched for a few seconds to partially set then stirred to create the shreds which may be wispy or on the thick side, depending on one’s preference.
Cook time: 5 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Chicken miso soup
Think of miso soup as a canvas. When you want it chunky, add meat and vegetables. That's the idea behind this delicious chicken miso soup. Filling but still light enough for warm days.
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Molo soup
An adaptation of Chinese wonton soup, molo soup (also known as pancit Molo) hails from the Molo district of Iloilo City in Central Philippines, home to Chinese migrants before Spanish colonization.
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Milkfish (bangus) belly and moringa (malunggay) miso soup
Fatty milkfish belly is cut into small cubes and combined with freshly stripped moringa leaves in this Filipinized miso soup. Chunky enough to be served with rice as a main course.
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Boiled beef shank, marrow and vegetable soup (bulalo)
In the Philippines, bulalo refers to (1) the bone marrow from the beef shank, (2) a cut of bone-in beef shank, or (3) a meat and vegetable soup cooked with beef shank with the marrow intact.In this recipe, we cook the soup and vegetable dish in the slow cooker.
Cook time: 6 hours
Servings: 4 people
My grandmother’s almondigas
A Filipino meatball and noodle soup, it is quite probable that almondigas is an adaptation of the Mexican meatball soup called albondigas.
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Miso soup with tofu and wakame
Basic miso soup is a canvas painted with two fundamentals — dashi and miso. What else you add to that template is up to you. This is the miso soup that the world is most familiar with — cooked with wakame, scallions and soft tofu.
Cook time: 5 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Fish head soup with coconut cream
Thick and spicy, the heat is supplied by garlic, ginger and chilies.
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 2 people