Fiddlehead And Saffron Soup

Serves: 2

Weldon Lockman

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

51

Spice

49

Sweetness

59

Sourness

43

mins

Prep time (avg)

6.5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

60 ml

Cream

1

Salt

Directions:

1

Trim the fiddleheads and wash by rinsing in a sink of cold water up to 4 times

2

Drain

3

Cook in a pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 10 minutes

4

Drain and immediately plunge into a basin of ice-water to set the color and stop the cooking

5

Drain, and set aside

6

Heat the chicken stock with the saffron to boiling

7

Turn off the heat

8

In a bowl, beat together the yolks and lemon juice

9

Whisk a ladleful of the hot stock over the yolk mixture

10

Add another

11

Then whisk the egg mixture back into the stock

12

Stir in the cream

13

Taste and adjust the seasonings

14

Add the fiddleheads and gently reheat, without boiling

15

Serve

16

Cook's Note: If it boils, it will curdle