Toheroa Soup

Name: Toheroa Soup
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 300g toheroa shellfish, cleaned; 3 tbsp butter; 2 cups milk; 2 tbsp flour

Toheroa Soup/toh-heh-ROH-ah soop/

About this dish

A rich, creamy soup made from a rare native New Zealand shellfish.

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Ingredients

🐚300g toheroa shellfish, cleaned

🧈3 tbsp butter

🥛2 cups milk

🌾2 tbsp flour

Method

Serves 4

Finely chop the toheroa flesh.

Make a roux with butter and flour, then whisk in milk to form a base.

Add the chopped toheroa and simmer gently.

Season with salt and pepper.

Serve hot as a starter.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Toheroa soup uses a native New Zealand shellfish now protected due to overharvesting, historically a prized delicacy.

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