Southern Africa · Soup
Sopa de Marisco (Coastal Seafood and Coconut Broth)
A fragrant coastal broth brimming with fresh prawns, calamari, and clams in a spiced tomato-coconut nectar infused with bay and piri-piri.
The story
Along the historic port harbors of Beira, Quelimane, and Maputo, Sopa de Marisco is served as a restorative lunch or celebratory dinner opener in maritime cantinas. The soup reflects the fusion of Portuguese sailor stews with Swahili coast spice traditions, balancing rich shellfish reductions against sweet, freshly extracted coconut cream. Mozambican chefs extract maximum oceanic depth by first crushing and simmering prawn heads and shells into a fortified base broth before gently poaching delicate seafood medleys in the final minutes.
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