Best Shellfish Soup Recipes

FIRE ROASTED RED PEPPER SOUP WITH CILANTRO CREAM AND GRILLED CAJUN SHELLFISH

Steps:

• For the soup: Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to a saute pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the olive oil, garlic and onion and saute until translucent.
• Roast the peppers on an open flame until charred; place in plastic bag to sweat; remove skin and seeds. Puree the peppers and add to onions and garlic. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, chicken base, and water; bring to a simmer. Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add basil, thyme, salt, pepper, and Cajun spice, to taste. Puree the mixture through a food mill and serve hot.
• For the cilantro cream: Place all ingredients in a food processor and puree until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Place mixture in piping bag or plastic dispensing bottle. Pipe a line on Fire Roasted Red Pepper Soup and run a toothpick through to create a design.
• For the Lime Grilled Cajun Seafood: Combine all ingredients except for seafood, mix well. Add seafood and marinate for 10 minutes prior to cooking. Cook seafood until done on grill or under broiler. Serve hot as a topping for Fire Roasted Red Pepper Soup or as a topping for pasta, salads, or as an appetizer. Some of the marinade may be served as a dipping sauce.
• For the Corn Hash: Grill or roast corn until tender. Remove corn from cob with French knife. Saute onion in olive oil and add remaining ingredients. Serve as a topping for Fire Roasted Red Pepper Soup.

SHELLFISH SOUP

Steps:

• First, throw out any mussels and clams with broken or open shells. Heat a large saucepan over a high heat and, once smoking, add the mussels, clams and white wine. Cover with a tight-fitting lid and rapidly steam for 3 mins. Once the shells have opened, tip the shellfish into a colander lined with muslin cloth, with a bowl underneath to catch the full- flavoured shellfish stock. Discard any mussels or clams that have not opened.
• Heat the oil in the saucepan and add the onion, fennel, carrot and garlic. Cook until softened and browned, about 12 mins, then add the saffron and shellfish stock. Simmer for 5 mins to infuse the saffron. Add the Pernod, tomatoes and 100ml water, and simmer for 5 mins more.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Pick the clams and mussels from the shells, reserving some for presentation, and set aside.
• To make the mayonnaise, put the mustard, vinegar, egg yolk and garlic in a bowl. Use a stick blender to blitz while slowly drizzling in both oils until thick and glossy. This will take about 5 mins. Chill until needed.
• For the croutons, thinly slice the baguette and lay on a large baking tray. Drizzle with a little olive oil and a pinch of flaky sea salt. Bake in the oven for 12-14 mins until golden and crisp.
• Once the soup has thickened, transfer to a blender and blitz until very smooth, then pass through a fine sieve. Finish with the brandy, Tabasco and lemon juice. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
• To serve, return the soup to the heat to warm through, then drop in the mussels and clams for 1 min. Ladle the soup into two large bowls, drizzle with a little olive oil, and serve the croutons and garlic mayonnaise on the side.

SHELLFISH SOUP WITH CILANTRO

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add shrimp shells; sauté 3 minutes. Add carrots, leeks and onion and sauté 5 minutes. Add wine; simmer 5 minutes. Add water, 3/4 bunch cilantro, vanilla and bay leaves. Cover; simmer over low heat 30 minutes. Strain stock into large saucepan. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill.)
• Bring stock to boil. Add green beans, asparagus, snow peas and 3/4 cup green onions and simmer 1 minute. Add shrimp and scallops; simmer until shellfish are cooked through, about 3 minutes. Mix in 1/2 cup green onions. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

JAPANESE-STYLE SHELLFISH SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium-high heat, combine the mussels, shallots and white wine, and steam, covered, until all the mussels open, about five minutes. Strain the mussels, discarding any that remain closed. Remove the mussel meat from the shells, reserving 12 mussels on the half shell for garnish, and set aside. Reserve the cooking liquid. There should be about two and one-half cups.
• In a large pot over high heat, combine the fish stock with two cups of mussel broth. Add the saffron, carrots, celery, pasta and mushrooms, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for three minutes.
• Add the monkfish to the broth, return to a boil, and lower the heat to simmer for one minute. Add the shrimp, scallions and mussel meat, and cook for one minute.
• Place two mussels on the half shell in each of six bowls. Ladle equal portions of the soup over the mussels and serve immediately.

SHELLFISH SOUP

Steps:

• Firstly make the Rouilly. Mix the chilli paste with tomato puree and breadcrumbs. Fold in the olive oil, then mayonnaise. Finish with the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
• Now make the soup. Heat a large heavy based saucepan to a high heat, add mussels and pipis and the first measure of wine. Cover with a lid and steam until the shellfish are open. Remove from pan, pass the cooking juices through a fine sieve and place to one side. Cover the shellfish with cling-film while they are cooling to prevent them drying out.
• Wipe the saucepan clean and heat to medium. Drizzle with a little olive oil and gently sweat the onions, garlic, leeks, chilli and bayleaf until soft. Add the second measure of white wine and reduce until all the liquid has evaporated, then add the chopped tomatoes and juice. Bring to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes. Add the fish stock, saved cooking liquid and diced potatoes. Simmer until the potatoes are cooked. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice.
• Bring the soup back to the boil, add the white fish and cook for 2 minutes. Place 2 mussels and 2 pips, in the shell, in each bowl, then ladle the soup over the top of the shellfish. Sprinkle with parsley.
• Serve with toasted ciabatta, rouilly, grated provolone, either on the soup or on the side.