Finnish Salmon Soup (Lohikeitto)

Finnish Salmon Soup with buttery chunks of fresh salmon, potatoes, carrots, and leeks is the perfect comfort food for any season.

I’m obsessed with this healthy Finnish soup (in Sweden the soup is called Laxsoppa, in Norway, Fiskesuppe.) It’s utterly simple and so satisfying ~ made with fresh salmon, chunky potatoes, carrots, and leeks. The flavors are unpretentious and clean, with a traditional dill infused broth touched with allspice. I make it in the spring, of course, when wild salmon is in season, but it’s become one of my favorite winter meals, too. It’s healthy comfort food whatever the calendar says.

• 1 lb skin-on salmon filet
• 4 Tbsp unsaltd butter
• 1 large leek, trimmed, sliced, and well rinsed
• 5 cups water (you can also use fish stock)
• 1 lb russet potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 large carrot, sliced
• 1 cup fresh dill for garnish, finely chopped, divided
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 tsp allspice, use more to taste
• salt and pepper to taste