Topinambur Cream Soup with Scallops

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 30min
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A creamy topinambur soup featuring fresh scallops and a touch of sea salt. Try this dish and more recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 8 Jakobsmuscheln (opened with Corail), very fresh
  • 300 g Topinambur
  • 3 Schalotten
  • 2 EL Distelöl
  • 600 ml Geflügelbrühe
  • Salz
  • Pfeffer aus der Mühle
  • 80 g Schmand
  • 200 g Schlagsahne
  • 2 EL Butter
  • Thymianblätter (zum Garnieren)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash the topinambur, brush thoroughly or thinly peel and cut into small pieces. Peel and dice the shallots.

  2. 2.

    Sauté the shallots and topinambur in a pot with distel oil, deglaze with poultry broth and simmer gently for about 20 minutes until soft.

  3. 3.

    Add the Schmand and cream, let everything simmer lightly for another 5-10 minutes. Puree the soup finely in a blender, strain, and season with salt and pepper to taste.

  4. 4.

    Meanwhile, cut the scallops and Corail crosswise once and fry each side for about 1 minute in hot butter until golden brown, seasoning with salt and pepper.

  5. 5.

    Serve the topinambur soup in preheated bowls and place the scallops on top. Sprinkle with thyme leaves before serving.