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Spaghetti with seafood velouté Recipe by Chef Gordon Ramsay

Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings: 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 8 oysters
  • 300g piece skinned salmon fillet
  • 3 large scallops or 6 smaller scallops
  • 6 large raw tiger prawns
  • 500ml fresh fish stock
  • 50g butter
  • 1 large shallot, chopped as finely as possible
  • 200ml white wine or dry vermouth, or one half of each
  • 150ml whipping cream
  • large handful mixed soft herbs including parsley and chives, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 150g fresh spaghetti
  • drizzle organic olive oil
  • chervil or parsley sprigs, to serve

Method
 

  1. Prepare all of the seafood beginning with opening the oysters in a sieve more than a bowl to capture the juices (see video technique). 
  2. Trim and slice the salmon into 6 equal-size square chunks. If the scallops are large, cut them by 50 % lengthways. Peel and devein the prawns when necessary.
  3. Place the strained oyster juice and fish stock in a shallow saucepan and provide to a simmer.
  4. First add the salmon and poach for 1 min. 
  5. Add the prawns and oysters (if using large ones) and poach for 1 min more.
  6. Add the scallops and poach for 1 min more, start being active .
  7. The oysters (if small) and simmer everything for just a final min until just cooked.