Greek Fisherman Soup Taste Test | MasterChef Australia

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• FR

  @frapesketo · 1 year ago

  If this is Greek kakavia, I am an Australian cangaroo

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• CO

  @coolst0rybruh · 1 year ago

  to be fair if you said to a greek fisherman that this is kakavia they would laugh at you...

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• PR

  @promalec86 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Κακαβιά is named after the pot cooked in. Κακάβι is a pot with thick bottom capable of holding high temperatures for long periods of time. During the Struggle for Freedom it was even used as a helmet against flintlock rifles. The fishermen bringing the nets up on the boat, had plenty of fish eaten, destroyed or in little parts. Those (not sellable) fish would be put in the κακάβι in layers with round cut potatoes in between. Sea water would fill the rest and on the gas fire, to prepare the workers' meal. That's the traditional Κακαβιά. Cheers from a family with centuries of fishermen in our ancestry.

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• EB

  @Ebonyeyed · 1 year ago (edited)

  Born and raised middle-aged Greek here, still living in Greece, with an uncle who was a fisherman and made the best kakavia there ever was. It's highly frowned upon to add herbs and flavour enhancers to kakavia, the main reason being that this is something fishermen cooked on their boats with leftover/crushed fish, and they didn't have the plethora of ingredients used in this episode. Originally, we used any kinds of fish or fish parts you had left over (esp. heads) + carrot + potato + 1 large tomato etched with the sign of the cross (if they had any left on their boat) + olive oil + lemon. The only seasoning used would be salt and pepper - sometimes not even that because they'd use sea water to top it up. You're supposed to let it shimmer till it turned gelatinous from the fish bones/heads. When I make it, I add celeriac root and half a cup of red lentils to make it heartier and that's why I call mine psefto-kakavia ('fake', pseudo-kakavia). So... to all foodies out there who want to try our cuisine: I'll accept that this is a variation based on kakavia, but kakavia it is not.

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• IN

  @Insanelyunstable · 5 years ago

  MasterChef Australia is the only cooking show I've seen where there isn't any chefs putting each other down, only complimenting. I love it.

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• GE

  @george12121979 · 1 year ago

  THIS IS NOT GREEK KAKAVIA .<br><br>this is simple fish soup<br>definitely not kakavia.<br><br>from Greece with Love.

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• LO

  @lostvoyagerdotcom · 1 year ago

  This is a Greek Gourmet Restaurant fish soup. The original Greek fisherman soup (kakavia) has only a variety of fishes, potato, onion, tomato and olive oil.

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• TH

  @TheDewaltBoy · 5 years ago

  Bugs me they didn&apos;t just give everyone a little bowl then all have them write for the same two minutes..

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• CH

  @chrisanthi6021 · 5 years ago

  Leeks, celery, fennel, ouzo, egg, stock; that&apos;s not kakkavia

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• TH

  @ThinkintheCircle · 1 year ago

  No 1 Safron! It is a well-known fact that every Greek fisherman carries SAFRON in their boats for their Kakavia! 2nd STAR ANISE... of course &nbsp;Star Anise grows in abundance on the Greek Islands, just look for it under rocks next to Origano... If this is Kakavia I am &nbsp;Solomos...

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• BE

  @been6122 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve watched masterchef America. But now I&apos;m switching over to Australia. Not over dramatic, no one is putting each other down, and laid back

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• YI

  @yiotastavr1379 · 1 year ago

  Saffron. mint, star anise, eggs, stock, fenel are NOT used in kakavia. It&apos;s a dish that is made with fish and seafood that the fishermen wouldn&apos;t sell i.e. because they are very small or unpopular with the buyers. And I&apos;m not sure about the leek either to be honest. It&apos;s a soup made by men who aren&apos;t cooks by any means, with very liitle ingredients and is part of the greek &apos;cucina povera&apos;. Kakavia is mostly made with potatoes (none to be found here), carrots, fish, olive oil, maybe some onions and sea water!

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