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Chestnut Soup with Scallops and Fried Radicchio

5 from 3 votes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 5 people
Calories 282 kcal

Ingredients
 

Chestnut soup

  • 400 g Chestnuts
  • 3 Shallots
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 2 Carrots
  • 3 Celery sticks
  • 75 g Butter
  • 1 Rosemary sprig
  • 1 Sprig of thyme
  • 1 Sage sprig
  • 1 pinch Fleur de sel
  • 150 ml White wine dry
  • 75 ml Port white
  • 375 g Cream
  • 1 pinch Pepper from the grinder
  • 1 splash Balsamic vinegar old
  • 100 g Whipped cream

inlay

  • 10 Radicchio leaves
  • 1 tbsp Chopped herbs
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 pinch Salt and pepper
  • 1 splash Balsamic vinegar old
  • 5 Scallops
  • 1 pinch Vanilla salt

Instructions
 

Soup

  • For the soup, score the chestnuts, roast them in the oven at 200 ° C for 10-15 minutes, until the shell has burst open, then peel and roughly chop.
  • Peel and finely chop the shallots and garlic. Peel and dice the carrots and celery.
  • Melt the butter in a saucepan, first sweat the onions and garlic and then the vegetables with the chestnuts. Add sprigs of herbs. Season with fleur de sel.
  • Deglaze with white wine and port wine. Reduce everything to half, then pour in the stock and the cream. Let the soup simmer by a third.
  • Take out the herb sprigs and puree the soup with the hand blender. Season to taste with fleur de sel and pepper. Keep warm.

inlay

  • For the insert, wash the radicchio leaves, pat dry and cut into fine strips. Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan and sweat the radicchio in it. Add the herbs (chopped), season with salt, pepper and a dash of balsamic vinegar. Keep warm.
  • Wash the scallops and pat dry. Heat the rest of the olive oil and fry the scallops until golden brown on both sides, about 1 to 1.5 minutes per side. Sprinkle with a little bourbon vanilla salt.

Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 282kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 2gFat: 22g
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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