World Gourmet Summit 2002 

 

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Cream of Watercress Soup with Sevruga Caviar
Presented by:Philippe Legendre

   

Ingredients:

 

200g

onions, thinly sliced

500g

leeks, thinly sliced
  butter

1.5 ltr

white stock

2 ltr

light cream fleurette
   

5 bunches

watercress

100g

Sevruga caviar
  peppercorns
   

Method

Fry onions and leeks with butter in a casserole over low heat.

Add the white stock and cook for 10 minutes and then add in the light cream and cook for another 10 minutes.  Strain.

Cut the upper part of the bulbs of the 2 bunches of watercress and cook them in boiling salted water.  Refresh with iced water and then strain the green part of the watercress.

Mix the cream with the watercress puree and bring to a boil.

Serve the soup very hot with one big spoon of caviar in the watercress cream.

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