- Yield: 12 servings
Chilled Green Pea and Avocado Soup with Lobster, Scallops and Prosciutto Roulade
Recipe courtesy of Roger Anderhalden, Executive Chef, Pelican Isle Yacht Club (Naples, Fla.)
Ingredients
- Ingredients for the Soup:
- olive oil - 2 Tbsps.
- white onion - 1 ea., chopped fresh
- green peas - 6 cups, shelled
- English cucumber - 1 ea., peeled and small-diced
- avocados - 2 ea., ripe, peeled and small-diced
- vegetable stock - 4 cups
- lemon juice mix - 2 tsps., fresh
- leaves - 1/4 cup, chopped, kosher
- salt - to taste
- pepper - to taste
- Mexican crèma or crème fraiche - 1 cup
- Ingredients for the roulade:
- lobster tails - 8 ea., 4-5 ozs.
- dry scallops - 8 ozs. ea.
- heavy cream - 6 ozs.
- 40% Noilly Prat - 1 oz.
- prosciutto slices - 6 ea.
- kosher salt - as needed
- scallion ash
- Ingredients for the garnish:
- Mexican crèma
- red chili oil
- purple sea salt
- pea shoots
Instructions
Procedure for the Soup:
- Sweat the chopped onions in the olive oil over medium heat until soft but not browned.
- Allow to cool to room temperature.
- Blanch the green peas in boiling salt water, chill in ice water, drain, and dry with a paper towel.
- Place the cooked onions, blanched peas, lemon juice, diced cucumber, mint leaves, and one cup of vegetable stock in a blender. Purée until smooth, working in batches if necessary.
- Add another cup of vegetable stock, salt, pepper, and the diced avocados.
- Add more stock in increments until the mixture reaches the desired consistency.
- The soup should be very smooth with no identifiable pieces of vegetable and have the consistency of heavy cream.
- Add one cup of Mexican crema or crème fraiche, blend again, and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
- Cover and chill the soup in the refrigerator for at least one hour to allow the flavors to develop.
Procedure for the Lobster, Scallops and Prosciutto Roulade:
- Rinse lobster tails under cold running water, making sure tails are clean before taking off the shell. Dry on a kitchen towel.
- Turn lobster tails upside down. Using a pair of kitchen shears, cut soft bottom shell along the left and right sides, front to the tail, pulling off thin bottom shell.
- Carefully loosen lobster meat off the shell, making sure the tail stays as one.
- Cut lobster meat carefully from the bottom lengthwise in half, until you reach the 'outside' red meat, making sure meat still stays in one piece.
- Carefully clean tail meat thoroughly in cold water. Place on kitchen towel to dry, refrigerate until ready to use.
- Clean scallops, dice into large pieces.
- Add scallops, heavy cream, Noilly Prat and salt to a food processor.
- Blend until well combined and a smooth consistency is achieved. It is important not to over-mix at this stage as the cream could break.
- Remove from food processor. Place into mixing bowl.
- To check for proper seasoning, bring a small pot of salted water to a boil, spoon a dollop of the mixture into the water, poach until done, taste, check for seasoning and consistency.
- Lay two lobster tails on plastic wrap, outside red meat facing down.
- Spread a thin layer of scallop mousse on each lobster tail, sprinkle one tail with scallion ash.
- Lay the other lobster tail on top, making sure the tail is in the opposite direction of the bottom tail.
- Place a piece of plastic wrap, approximately 12 inches long, on a work surface.
- Lay two slices of prosciutto on the plastic wrap, place the lobster tails on it, and roll up.
- Wrap roulade in plastic wrap, tie up ends, poke holes in plastic wrap to release air pockets. Place another layer of plastic wrap around the roulade, re-tie ends.
- Repeat steps 10-15 with remaining lobster tails and scallop mousse.
- Poach roulades at 155°F in combi-oven, until core temperature reaches 140°F. Chill in ice water. Refrigerate.
- Once completely chilled, slice each lobster roulade into nine even slices, three per portion.
To Plate:
- Ladle 1½ cups of chilled green pea soup into a chilled bowl.
- Place three slices of the lobster roulade on the soup.
- Pipe little dollops of Mexican Crèma, and drizzle drops of red chili oil on the soup.
- Sprinkle a small amount of purple sea salt, and garnish with fresh pea shoots.
- Serve immediately.