Chocolate calamari soup: weird is good

Ingredients

• 1/2 tbsp butter
• 1/2 tbsp sliced onions
• 1 pinch red chilli flakes
• About 10 coriander seeds crushed
• Few lovage seeds
• 1 clove of garlic, sliced
• Half whole calamari thinly sliced, roughly 1 tbsp
• 1 tsp minced carrot
• 1 medium tomato in small dices
• 2 cups of water
• 5-10 g dark chocolate
• Salt

Preparation

• In a little pot, sweat the onions in the melting butter.
• Add the chill flakes, the coriander and the lovage seeds, stirring and letting infuse for roughly 5 minutes; add then the garlic and the calamari.
• Let the calamari cook thoroughly and toast a bit without letting the garlic burn though! Now add the carrot and the diced tomato, seeds and all.
• Stir the base until the tomato starts to break down, add then the water and cook at a simmer till the mixture will be reduced to 1/2.
• Out of the fire, add 5g of chocolate roughly chopped and whisk till nicely melt. Season it with salt and add a little bit extra chocolate if needed.

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