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🍽️ Creamy Seafood Soup

310 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 carrot
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 tbsp lobster butter
• 100 ml dry white wine
• 750 ml fish stock
• 2 thyme sprigs
• saffron threads
• 1 bay leaf
• 450 g seafood (e.g. shrimp, mussels, squid rings; kitchen-ready or frozen)
• 120 ml whipping cream
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• salt
• cayenne pepper
• 2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
• 1 lemon (for garnish)

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the onion and the garlic.
2. 2. Finely dice the onion and the garlic into small cubes.
3. 3. Peel the carrot.
4. 4. Cut the carrot into small cubes as well.
5. 5. Wash the celery.
6. 6. Remove the fibrous strings from the celery.
7. 7. Dice the celery finely.
8. 8. Heat the butter in a pot.
9. 9. Sauté the onions and garlic in the butter for a short time.
10. 10. Wait until the onions and garlic become soft and translucent (glassy).
11. 11. Add the carrots and the celery.
12. 12. Sauté everything for another three minutes.
13. 13. Deglaze the mixture with the wine.
14. 14. Pour in the vegetable stock (fond).
15. 15. Add the thyme.
16. 16. Add the saffron threads.
17. 17. Place the bay leaf into the soup.
18. 18. Let the soup simmer on low heat for about 30 minutes.
19. 19. Stir the soup occasionally.
20. 20. Rinse the seafood briefly.
21. 21. Pat the seafood dry thoroughly.
22. 22. Strain the soup through a fine sieve.
23. 23. Check the consistency of the soup.
24. 24. If the soup is too thick, reduce it further by boiling.
25. 25. Or add a little more stock to reach the desired consistency.
26. 26. Add the seafood to the soup.
27. 27. Cook the seafood for about 10 minutes.
28. 28. Stir in the cream.
29. 29. Season the soup with lemon juice.
30. 30. Add the Worcestershire sauce.
31. 31. Season with salt.
32. 32. Add cayenne pepper.
33. 33. Divide the hot soup among pre-warmed soup bowls.
34. 34. Garnish the soup with lemon slices.
35. 35. Sprinkle with fresh parsley.
36. 36. Serve the soup immediately.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 310
• Protein: 25 g · Fett/Fat: 15 g · Carbs: 9 g