Smoked mussel and saffron soup

Name: How to cook Smoked mussel and saffron soup - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Chefrobyn1

Smoked mussel and saffron soup

This recipe won my local chowder competition.

Ingredient

Food ration :

6 servings

2 lbs

baby Yukon gold potato (aka golden nugget)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Put white wine, lemon balm, thyme and lemon grass in a sauce pot and reduce by half

* Step 2

Place saffron in 1cup of steaming hot water cover and put aside.

* Step 3

Smoke 10-15 mussels in a skillet. Do this by placing the wood chips in the skillet dry and bringing to a smoulder. Wrap the mussels in tin foil, poke some holes in it and place in the skillet with the wood chips. Cover and smoke for 5-10 mins.

* Step 4

Once shells have opened, remove meat, place in a blender with the clam nectar and blitz!

* Step 5

Combine all liquids except saffron in a sauce pot and bring to a boil.

* Step 6

Reduce heat to a simmer and liquid to 3/4 of original amount.

* Step 7

Strain saffron tea through a fine sieve into the broth. Salt and pepper to taste.

* Step 8

You should now have a vibrant yellow and Smokey broth.

* Step 9

Fine dice the carrot, shallot, celery, potato and bacon. Sweat until soft and set aside to cool.

* Step 10

Once all is cool, fine dice the gherkins and mix all together with mayonnaise. Salt and pepper to taste.

* Step 11

You now have remoulade.

* Step 12

In a covered sauce pan add saffron broth and enough mussels for 3 mussels per person to be served. *I use clams as well to add variety and texture.

* Step 13

Place a spoon full of remoulade in the center of a shallow soup bowl.

* Step 14

Once the mussels have opened in the broth, place them around the remoulade and add the broth.

* Step 15

Garnish with a nice green herb of your choice and enjoy

* Step 16

Chili oil is an optional garnish that adds to the smokey flavour and brings an element of heat to the dish.

* Step 17

Enjoy!

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Tag

fresh mussels Fish stock white wine clam nectar lemon balm lemon grass saffron apple wood chips Thyme heavy cream bacon Mayonnaise Carrot shallot Celery baby Yukon gold potato (aka golden nugget) gherkin pickles

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