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.
12K 3 3.3
Last modified on: January 8th 2023
Keywords for this recipe:
4 
4 turnips
4 
2 
1 litre mussels
1 litre 
1 litre clams
12 scallops
103.2 ml 
1000 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 12 scallops in pieces, without cooking them.
Do not change the cooking water between each.
Let cool and then remove the shells.
Cut the 12 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 103.2 ml 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.
...1000 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.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,432 Kcal or 14,369 Kj | 354 gr | 223 gr | 124 gr |
| 172 % | 136 % | 21 % | 19 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 68 Kcal or 285 Kj | 7 gr | 4 gr | 2 gr |
| 3 % | 3 % | <1 % | <1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 286 Kcal or 1,197 Kj | 30 gr | 19 gr | 10 gr |
| 14 % | 11 % | 2 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 33.36 €
- Per person : 2.78 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Mussels: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Paella, Curried mussels with cabbage, Mussels with arroz negro, Paimpol salad, Mussels marinière, ... All |
 | Cockles: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce, Tagliatelle with cockles, Fisherman's Ragout, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Creamy spaghetti with cockles and parsley, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rosemary steamed fish, Rabbit civet "à la normande", Chantilly cream, Celeriac in cream and mustard sauce, Roquefort sauce, ... All |
 | Clams: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fillets of sole Dieppoise, ... All |
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