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Mussel Seaweed Cream Soup

Mussel Seaweed Cream Soup

Author: Blonde Kimchi
1130kcal
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Prep 1 minute
Cook 29 minutes
Total 30 minutes
How about a healthy and sophisticated fine-dining soup made with seaweed? Inspired by Chef Choi Hyun-suk's fusion of Korean Miyeokguk with a Western-style cream soup, I’ve created a rich, velvety mussel and seaweed cream soup with Camembert cheese, bringing the deep flavors of the ocean to your table—perfect for warming up on a cold day.
Servings 1 person
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Soup
Cuisine French, Korean

Ingredients

  • 3 Tbsp mussel meat
  • 1 small handful Dried seaweed
  • 4 Tbsp Sesame oil
  • 2 Tbsp Butter 1 Tbsp for roux, 1 Tbsp for autéing
  • 1 Tbsp Flour for roux
  • 1 Pinch Salt
  • 1 cube Seafood stock chicken stock, MSG substitute; optional
  • 300 ml Water
  • 130 ml Cream
  • 1 Tbsp Camembert cheese or any cheese; optional
  • 2 Slices Baguette
  • 1 Pinch Parsley for garnish

Equipment

  • 1 Pan
  • 1 Small pot (saucepan)
  • 1 Spatula or Wooden spoon
  • 1 Oven to toast baguette, you can toast in a toaster or on a pan as well.
  • 1 Baking tray
  • 1 Cutting board
  • 1 Tbsp

Method

Prepare ingredients
  1. Place a small handful of dried seaweed in a bowl.
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  2. Soak the dried seaweed in water for 10 minutes.
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  3. Rinse the soaked seaweed in water.
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  4. Prepare 3tbsp of mussel
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  5. Rinse the mussel meat with water.
    (I used canned mussels, so I soaked them in hot water to remove the sour taste. If you're using fresh or frozen mussel meat, just rinse with water.)
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Make seaweed soup
  1. Add the seaweed to the pan and drizzle with sesame oil
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  2. Sauté the soaked seaweed over medium-low heat, being careful not to burn it.
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  3. Add the mussel meat and sauté together.
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  4. Add 100 ml of water and bring to a boil.
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  5. Add one seafood stock cube
    (or chicken stock, or any MSG substitute. You can skip this step).
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  6. Add 200 ml of water and simmer until the broth becomes milky.
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  7. Set aside 6-8 mussels for topping.
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Blend the seaweed soup
  1. Put the seaweed soup into the blender.
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  2. Pour 130 ml of cream into the blender.
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  3. Blend until the seaweed is fully pureed.
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Boil the soup
  1. In the pan, make a roux with 1 Tbsp butter and 1 Tbsp flour.
  2. Pour the blended seaweed soup into the pan and bring it to a boil.
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  3. Add 1 Tbsp Camembert cheese and simmer
    (you can use any cheese or omit it if preferred).
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Prepare topping
  1. In a pan, sauté the reserved mussels in butter with a pinch of salt.
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  2. Toast the baguette slices in butter.
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  3. Top the toasted baguette with Camembert cheese and bake at 180°C for 10 minutes.
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  4. Ladle the soup into a bowl.
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  5. Place the toasted baguette.
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  6. Top with the buttered mussels and sprinkle with parsley.
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Jal meokgetseumnida.
  1. 잘 먹겠습니다.
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Nutrition

Calories1130kcal

Video

흑백요리사 최현석 미역국스프 Seaweed Cream Soup from Culinary Class Wars #koreanfood

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