
Chef's recipe
Bring back in your suitcases the flavors of Le Croisic
Spring risotto with cockles from Croisic, Serrano ham crisps

ADVICE FROM FRANÇOIS THOREL
Chef of the TY MAD restaurant
Recipe for 4 people | Preparation time 1h
- Forty shells
- 200 g peas
- a bunch of new carrots
- vegetables soup
- 125 g raw arborio rice
- 4 thin slices of Serrano ham
- an onion
- butter
- olive oil
- Parmesan cheese
- Cook the English peas for 15 minutes in salted boiling water
- Mix the peas with a little cooking water to obtain a slightly liquid purée
- Put the pods in the vegetable broth, let infuse and then remove them with a colander
- Brown the chopped onion in olive oil and add the rice
- Mix to make it pearly then wet up with the pea pod broth
- Cook for at least 45 minutes, adding more broth as you go
- At the end of cooking, bind with a little Parmesan and the pea puree
- Drain the cockles well in salted water, rinse them well in 4 to 5 different waters
- Cook the cockles, covered, for 3 to 4 minutes, as for the marinière mussels
- Put the slices of ham to dry in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes at 180 ° C and let cool
- Emulsify the creamy juice just before serving
- Start by placing the risotto with peas at the bottom of the plate
- Add the shells
- Prick the ham crisps in the risotto to give volume
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Ty Mad Restaurant
3 Quai de la Petite Chambre, Le Croisic
Tel: 0240230277