Tomato Soup With Crab and Lemongrass

It's a collaboration project with Kirill Ryumshin who is a Sous-chef de Cuisine. He decided to cook a kind of posh soup as a starter.

So here it is: tomato soup with crab and lemongrass

2 crab claws
1 tiger shrimp
50g salmon
30g sweet pepper
20g shallot
5g chopped parsley
100g peeled tomatoes
¼ lemongrass
½ chili pepper
1 bamboo leaf
20g butter
Black pepper
Sichuan pepper

Boil the crab claws and remove the meat. Fry the shrimp and salmon with butter sweet pepper, shallot and lemongrass. Add tomatoes and stew several minutes, add crab broth. Add spices, parsley and chili just before serving. Decorate the soup plate with the claws, bamboo leaf with crab meat on it.

Seafood Pasta

250g pasta (noodles)

250g seafood mix (defrosted if frozen)

1 tsp olive oil

300ml half or single cream

1/3 tsp salt

cayenne pepper to taste

1/2 tsp ground paprika

freshly ground black pepper

20g fresh dill

  Boil a saucepan of water, and cook the pasta to taste. Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan, then fry the seafood over a medium heat for 1 min. Add cream and bring to boil, add salt and spices and cook for 3-4 mins. Remove the pan from the heat, add dill, combine with noodles and mix well.

  Serve immediately while hot.

  Bon appétit!