Pumpkin Velouté with Foie Gras Chantilly
To enhance the taste of your whipped cream, use semi-cooked foie gras.
Prepared with
Ingredients
- 24.5oz pumpkin, peeled and cut into 3-4cm cubes
- 1 onion of 50g, cut in 4
- 0.7oz butter (split into two)
- 3.5oz red lentils
- 1/2 stock cube diluted in 600ml of water
- 3.5fl. oz whipped cream
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 pinch Espelette pepper to your taste
- 15 pre-cooked chestnuts cut into 0.5cm dice
For the Foie Gras Chantilly (Prepare the day before)
- 3.5oz foie gras, cut into 1cm cubes
- 5.25fl. oz 30% whipping cream
- 1 tbsp cognac or muscat
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare the foie gras Chantilly the day before: In the bowl of the heating blender, place the dices of foie gras, the 15cl of whipping cream and the cognac.
Step 2
Turn on the appliance and select COOK, set the temperature to MED and leave to infuse for 8 minutes.
Step 3
Then press BLEND and MED to mix the preparation before filtering it before leaving it to cool in a bowl in the fridge ideally overnight or at least 3 hours.
Step 4
On D-Day, add the onion and select BLEND then PULSE to quickly chop it. Add 10g of butter and choose the SAUTE mode, for 10 minutes.
Step 5
Then stir in the pumpkin, lentils and the stock. Close the lid securely and select SMOOTH SOUP.
Step 6
Meanwhile, whip the foie gras infused cream and store it in the refrigerator before serving it in the velouté.
Step 7
When the soup is finished, add 10cl of cream, 10g of butter, salt, pepper and Espelette pepper. Mix in manual mode by pressing BLEND and MED for 30 seconds.
Step 8
Taste and adjust the seasoning to your wish.
Step 9
Serve by adding the foie gras chantilly and chopped chestnuts.