Soup Recipes:Chestnut Soup |Healthy Recipes

Soup Recipes:Chestnut Soup

Chestnut Soup

Preparation time

35 minutes

Cooking time

35minutes

Serves 4-6

Calories

360-240 per portion

You will need

450g/1lb chestnuts

1 large onion,
sliced 40g/(1+1/2) oz butter

1 medium potato,

chopped 3 celery sticks ,

chopped 1.4 litres/(2+1/2) pints 

vegetable stock

salt and freshy ground black
Pepper

15g/1/2 oz plain flour

1/2 teaspoon light brown sugar  pinch of dried mixed herbs

300 ml/1/2 pint milk

1 tablespoon dry sherry

For the garnish

croutons (optional)

1 tablespoon chopped parsley (optional)

Sit the hard shell of each chestnut.

Put the chestnuts into a pan of boiling water and simmer for 20 minutes .

Remove the hard shells, rub off the brown skins and roughly chop the chestnuts.

Put the onion and half of the butter into a pan and gently cook until soft.

Add the potato,celery ,chestnuts, stock, salt and pepper, and bring to the boil .

Cover and simmer until the chestnuts are soft.

Press through a sieve, or blend in a liquidiser.

Melt the remaining butter, work in the flour and cook for 2 minutes.

Stir in the sugar,herbs and chestnut purée, and heat through gently.

Add the milk and re- heat, but do not boil.

Stir in the sherry and serve,garnished as shown, if you like.

Winter Warmer

Cook's Tip

If you have a garden, then try drying some herbs for the winter.

For example. sage, thyme and tarragon can be tied in bunches and hung in a cool ,dry place.
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