Breton style shellfish and vegetable soup
For this recipe with marine flavors, we will cook several kinds of shellfish, then add them to small creamed vegetables.
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Last modified on: January 8th 2023
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500 g mussels
500 g 
500 g clams
6 scallops
50 g 
500 ml 
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 18 min. | 25 min. | 1 hour 43 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 20 min.
Stage 3 - 45 min.
Cook the mussels, cockles and clams in a marinade, one after the other.
Do not change the cooking water between each.
Let cool and then remove the shells.
Cut the 6 scallops in pieces, without cooking them.
Do not change the cooking water between each.
Let cool and then remove the shells.
Cut the 6 scallops in pieces, without cooking them.
Stage 4
Set aside half a glass of the cooking juices from the shellfish once all the cooking is done.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
In a large saucepan over medium heat add 50 g butter, melt and add the minced shallot, salt and pepper.
Cook for 1 minute without browning.
Cook for 1 minute without browning.
Stage 6 - 4 min.
Add all the vegetables, mix, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 or 4 minutes.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Add all the shells...
Stage 8 - 1 min.
...500 ml liquid cream and the half glass of shellfish juice from step 4.
Stage 9 - 20 min.
Mix well, lower the heat and let it thicken gently for about 20 minutes uncovered.
Stage 10 - 1 min.
Stage 11
Serve in a cassolette (small individual pot or ramekin) or classically with a side dish such as rice pilaf for example.
Remarks
The choice of shellfish is very open, use what you find in season.
Same thing for vegetables, follow the seasons and your inspiration.
Same thing for vegetables, follow the seasons and your inspiration.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the refrigerator, protected by a stretch film.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,206 Kcal or 13,423 Kj | 192 gr | 131 gr | 212 gr |
| 160 % | 74 % | 12 % | 32 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 105 Kcal or 440 Kj | 6 gr | 4 gr | 7 gr |
| 5 % | 2 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 534 Kcal or 2,236 Kj | 32 gr | 22 gr | 35 gr |
| 27 % | 12 % | 2 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 18.68 €
- Per person : 3.11 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Broccoli savoury custard, Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Scallops with sorrel and Noilly Prat, Pistachio panna cotta with custard, ... All |
 | Clams: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fillets of sole Dieppoise, ... All |
 | Mussels: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Paella, Normandy seafood stew, Mussels with beurre d'escargot, Curried mussels with cabbage, ... All |
 | Cockles: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tagliatelle with cockles, Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, How to prepare cockles, Fisherman's Ragout, ... All |
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