Butternut velouté topped with brie de Meaux cream

Ingredients

Feeds 6

3 butternut squash

3 shallots

125ml of dry white wine

300ml vegetable stock

1L JUST MILK Skimmed milk

3 red onion

100ml white wine vinegar

6 slices of bread

200g Douceur de France butter

100g fleur de Cazette

400g Brie de Meaux

250ml 18% fat cooking cream candia professional

Lambs lettuce for garnish

Preparation:

Butternut squash velouté:

Peel, core the butternut squash and cut into 3cm wide chunks. Peel and thinly slice the shallots.

Add 200g of butter in a wide bottom pan with the shallots and cook until softened. Add the butternut squash, cook for a few minutes and deglaze the pan with the white wine. Add in the vegetable stock and milk. Cook on low heat for 20 to 30 minutes.

Mix with an immersion blender until smooth and silky.

Pickled onions:

Slice the onion in rings

Boil the vinegar with 50ml of water and a pinch of salt. Pour it on the onion and leave to cool.

Croûtons:

Slice your bread into chunks and pan fry with some butter

Brie de Meaux cream:

Remove the rind of your brie de Meaux and cut into chunks. Add it to a pan with the cream, salt and pepper and slowly heat until combined. Use an immersion blender to obtain a smooth cream, and leave to rest in the fridge wrapped tightly in cling film.

Add your velouté to the bowls, top with a spoonful of Brie de Meaux cream.

Garnish with some pickled onions, croutons, fleur de Cazette & finally some lamb lettuce.

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