{"id":16299,"date":"2017-08-15T16:31:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T16:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/?p=16299"},"modified":"2016-10-31T13:36:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T13:36:45","slug":"a-wine-to-pair-with-greek-fish-soup-kakavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/a-wine-to-pair-with-greek-fish-soup-kakavia\/","title":{"rendered":"A wine to pair with Greek fish soup (Kakavia)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 1<\/strong><\/em>
\nHeat 5 tbsp. oil in a 5-qt. pot over high heat. Add the parsley, oregano, bay leaves, onions, and fennel; cook, stirring often, for 4 minutes. Add the eel, the bones and head of the sea bass, 1 1\u20442 cups wine, and 9 cups water; partially cover pot, bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-high; cook, stirring occasionally and skimming the surface, until broth reduces to about 7 cups, about 1 hour. Strain broth, pressing on the bones to expel as much liquid as possible. Discard solids and set broth aside.<\/p>\n

Step 2<\/strong><\/em>
\nHeat remaining oil, garlic, and Aleppo pepper in a 4-qt. saucepan over medium heat; cook, stirring often, until garlic is soft, about 4 minutes. Add remaining wine and broth, along with potatoes, carrots, and zucchini; bring to a boil and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Halve sea bass fillets crosswise and add them to the broth; cook until filets are opaque, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and lemon juice. Ladle soup into bowls; serve hot.<\/p>\n

Step 3<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Leaving aside all the extra thoughts on how to perfectly match a liquid drink with a liquid food, we will end up with great results on excellent matches. One step further, the Greeks have perfectly match a sea-side-made wine with a sea-sourced food. Try Kakavia soup with a white Robola<\/strong> from Kefalonia<\/strong> or white Asyrtiko<\/strong> from Santorini<\/strong> (both having great sharpness and acidity) and you will be amazed! Enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Ingredients to serve 4-6 persons<\/strong><\/em>
\n7 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil<\/em>
\n4 sprigs flat-leaf parsley<\/em>
\n2 sprigs fresh oregano<\/em>
\n2 dried bay leaves<\/em>
\n1 onion, halved<\/em>
\n1\u20442 bulb fennel, plus 3 fronds<\/em>
\n1 1\u20442 lb. eel or monkfish, cleaned and cut into 4″ pieces<\/em>
\n2 (1-lb.) sea bass or red snapper, cleans and filleted, bones and head reserved<\/em>
\n2 cups white wine<\/em>
\n2 cloves garlic, minced<\/em>
\n1\u20442 tsp. Aleppo pepper, or 1\u20448 tsp. crushed red chile flakes<\/em>
\n3 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1″ pieces<\/em>
\n2 medium carrots, peeled and cut into 1″ pieces<\/em>
\n2 medium zucchini, cut into 2″ pieces<\/em>
\nKosher salt, to taste<\/em>
\n2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Instructions Step 1 Heat 5 tbsp. oil in a 5-qt. pot over high heat. Add the parsley, oregano, bay leaves, onions, and fennel; cook, stirring often, for 4 minutes. Add the eel, the bones and head of the sea bass, 1 1\u20442 cups wine, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,93,90,92,8,10,2,91],"tags":[86,82,78,96,77,88,85,123,124,133,128,79,116,73,94,95,117,80,121,120,74,89,129,76,126,127],"class_list":["post-16299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-gastronomy","category-greece","category-greek-wines","category-kefalonia","category-travelling","category-wine","category-wine-tourism","tag-cefalonia","tag-enotourism","tag-experiences","tag-food","tag-gastronomy","tag-gourmet","tag-greece","tag-greek-food-and-wine","tag-greek-food-and-wine-combinations","tag-greek-white-wines","tag-greek-wine-experience","tag-greekwines","tag-ionian-wines","tag-kefalonia","tag-kefalonia-wine-tasting","tag-kefalonia-wine-tourism","tag-kefalonia-wines","tag-robola","tag-robola-wine-tasting","tag-robola-wines","tag-tastings","tag-wineandgastronomy","tag-wine-experience","tag-winetourism","tag-wines-in-greece","tag-wines-of-greece"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16299"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16309,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16299\/revisions\/16309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}