Prep. time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: About 30 minutes

 The Art of Entertaining
For a party or buffet, serve the soup in glasses. But be careful! Place a metal spoon into the glass before pouring in the hot liquid to prevent cracking. Garnish with a shrimp on a pick.

1. Prepare soup by sweating onion and garlic in 1 tbsp butter.
2. Add squash and stir until onions are translucent.
3. Add chicken stock, salt and pepper and nutmeg.
4. Stir and cook until squash is soft.
5. Using a hand blender, puree soup to a fine puree.
6. Add more liquid if needed. Set aside.

Poached Shrimp

• 12 pcs 21/25 black tiger shrimp, tail shell off
• 4 cups boiling water
• 1 pinch salt
• Juice from 1 lemon

Method

1. Poach shrimp in 4 cups boiling salted water, with the juice of 1 lemon.
2. Cook for 1 minute - or less depending of the size - and transfer to a bowl of ice water to chill the shrimp and stop the cooking.

Assembly

1. Skewer the shrimp and place on side of shot glass.
2. Fill shot glass with hot soup.