Lightly curried mussel wonton soup
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter |
| 1 | tablespoon | Chopped onion |
| 1 | tablespoon | Chopped shallots |
| 1 | tablespoon | Chopped parsley |
| 1 | cup | Dry white wine (Muscadet) |
| 1 | cup | Clam juice |
| 2 | pounds | New Zealand green lip mussels |
| 1 | teaspoon | Chinese curry powder |
| 1 | cup | Heavy cream |
| ½ | teaspoon | Freshly grated ginger |
| ½ | teaspoon | Chopped cilantro |
| Salt and pepper to taste | ||
| 8 | Pieces wonton skins | |
| 12 | Whole cilantro leaves (for garnish) | |
Directions
In a large saucepan over high heat, saute the butter, onion, shallots and parsley for about 3 minutes. Add white wine and clam juice and bring to a boil. Add mussels, cover and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. Strain. In a saucepan, bring the mussel cooking liquid to a boil. Whisk in the curry powder and season to taste with salt and pepper. Add the heavy cream and cook for another 5 minutes. Shell the mussels, then clean and chop the mussel meat. Mix in ginger and cilantro, season to taste with salt and pepper. Evenly distribute the mussel mixture on each of the wonton skins and fold excess skin into the center. Bring the soup back to a boil and add the wontons. Simmer for three minutes, serve immediately in soup bowls.
Garnish with cilantro leaves. Yield: 4 servings Recipe by: CHEF DU JOUR PHILIPPE CHIN SHOW #DJ9346 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #632 by "Ed Bauman" <BIRCHCREEK@...> on May 31, 97