For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
1 kg 200 g green cabbage - 2
3 kgs cockles - 3
6 shallots - 4
600 g smoked cheese - 5
3 knobs butter - 6
600 ml liquid cream - 7
6 tablespoons olive oil - 8
salt - 9
pepper - Total weight: 5,670 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 52 min. | 14 min. | 1 hour 6 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 20 min.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
Melt 3 knobs butter in a small pan on medium heat.
When good and hot, add half the sliced shallots, salt and pepper.
Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
When good and hot, add half the sliced shallots, salt and pepper.
Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Add 600 ml liquid cream and bring to the boil.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Add the smoked cheese.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Turn down the heat and let the cheese melt, stirring from time to time.
Stage 9 - 1 min.
Add the cockles, mix well, cover and leave off the heat to wait.
Stage 10 - 1 min.
Heat 6 tablespoons olive oil in a frying pan. When good and hot, add the remaining sliced shallots.
Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 11 - 4 min.
Add the cabbage, mix and leave just to heat through.
Stage 12
Serve dressed on hot plates, sitting the cockles on a bed of cabbage with a generous amount of the smoky sauce poured over.
Serve immediately.
Serve immediately.
Remarks
This recipe can be varied using other types of shellfish: mussels, scallops, clams, etc.
If the sauce is a bit too rich for your taste, try adding a drizzle of vinegar or lemon juice at the end; the hint of acidity will help to balance the velvety richness of the cream and cheese.
If the sauce is a bit too rich for your taste, try adding a drizzle of vinegar or lemon juice at the end; the hint of acidity will help to balance the velvety richness of the cream and cheese.
Keeping
Should be eaten right away.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 5,167 Kcal or 21,633 Kj | 182 gr | 92 gr | 445 gr |
| 258 % | 70 % | 9 % | 67 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 91 Kcal or 381 Kj | 3 gr | 2 gr | 8 gr |
| 5 % | 1 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 431 Kcal or 1,805 Kj | 15 gr | 8 gr | 37 gr |
| 22 % | 6 % | 1 % | 6 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 35.27 €
- Per person : 2.94 €
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)
 | Cockles: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crusty cockle tart, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Fisherman's Ragout, How to prepare cockles, Tagliatelle with cockles, ... All |
 | Green cabbage: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fisherman's Ragout, Winegrowers' sausage casserole, Colcannon, Rice with spring greens, Alsatian-style salad, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio ice cream, Paris flan filling, Rabbit civet "à la normande", Veal with mushrooms and green asparagus, Roquefort sauce, ... All |
 | Smoked cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Scrambled eggs and leeks on toast, Smoky canapés, Spiced butternut gratin, ... All |
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