Vegan fish broth

Vegan fish broth can be prepared from dried kombu algae and mushrooms. If the sea flavor is too mild, you can add Wakame algae. For other sophisticated dishes like this one, check out Sebastian Copien's cookbook The Vegan Cooking School (only available in German). This vegan recipe provided courtesy of Sebastian Copien's German-published cookbook Die Vegane Kochschule.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

1 tbsp

dried kombu algae
6 cup

mineral water (cold)
1 tbsp

dried shiitake mushrooms
½ tbsp

dried maitake mushrooms
1/4 tbsp

dried wakame seaweed (optional)

Instructions

Soak the unwashed kombu algae in cold mineral water overnight. The following day, cut the shiitake and maitake into fine slices. Put them in a pot, add the algae, including the water that it’s soaked in, and heat everything very slowly. The mixture must not come to a boil. Depending on your stove, this takes about 50 minutes at a low temperature.
As soon as the mixture has reached a temperature of about 160 °F, remove the kombu algae. Gently bring the broth to the boil, simmer for 5 minutes, then let stand for 10 minutes. For an even stronger seafood flavour, wakame seaweed can be soaked in the vegan fish broth for 10 minutes. The seaweed should be removed from the broth before serving.

Courses: Soup

Difficulty: level 3 (difficult)

Cooking time: > 1 hour

Number ingredients: 1-5 ingredients

Taste: savory

Preparation method: cooking

Type of dish: Fish substitute, soup