Soupa me Garides - Shrimp Soup

Ingredients:

1 lb. Shrimp
1 Leek
1 -2 Carrots
1 stalk Celery
2 tablespoons Vinegar
Butter
1 1/2 tablespoons Flour
1 Egg Yolks
a touch of sweet Mavrodaphne or Madera Red Wine
Salt
Pepper
Croutons
1 tablespoon Tomato Paste
1 small can Mussels

Directions:

Put 2 tablespoons of vinegar, 1 tablespoon of tomato paste and the salt in a pot of water.
Bring to a boil and add the shrimp.
Let boil for 8 minutes, if they are small, 12 minutes is large.
Remove from the fire and let cool in their own water.
Clean the shrimp and remove their tails.
Pound the heads in a mortar.
Put the pulp in a pot with shrimp broth to boil, then strain through a sieve.
Put a pot containing 4 tablespoons of butter on the fire.
Slice 1 leek, 1 to 2 carrots and a little celery, wash, then add to the pot, stirring with a wooden spoon, until well browned.
Add the flour.
Still stirring, add the shrimp broth and let boil about 15 minutes.
Strain through a sieve into another pot.
Bring again to a boil and add thickened flour, beaten egg yolk.
Add 1/4 cup of the wine and a little pepper.
Cut the tails in small pieces and add them to the soup along with the mussels.
If desired, add croutons.
Serve hot.

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