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Saffron soup of pumpkins and mussels
 
   

Saffron soup of pumpkins and mussels

Preparation time : 1 hour

Cooking time
: 1 hour

Difficulty
: Middle

Price
: Middle

Ingredients
:
For 4 people,
750 g pumpkin
1 kg mussels
20 cl cream
20 g butter
salt and pepper
A few stigma saffron
A little bit of parsley
   
Preparation :  

 


  • Clean the mussels. Boil a liter water in a cooking-pot, put the mussels under the lid for 4 minutes, mixing once or twice until the mussels open. Remove from the fire, drain the mussels and keep the stock.
  • Peel the pumpkin and dice the flesh in small pieces (around 3 cm). Melt 20 gr. butter in the pot, add the pumpkin and let cook for 7-8 minutes over a strong fire, mixing and smashing the pulp.
  • Filter the stock and add it to the pumpkin pulp. Simmer for 40 minutes, and then add the cream with saffron, and cook for 5-6 minutes more. Mix until the soup is creamy and smooth.
  • Put the mussels in soup teller, and pour the cream over. Decorate with the parsley.
   
A recipe by Guy Savoy.  
   
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