Name: Artichoke soup with Parmesan sticks
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 600g Jerusalem artichoke scrubbed and quartered (the artichokes can also be peeled); 1 small potato (about 100-140g/4-5 oz) quartered; 1 large onion chopped; 600ml vegetable chicken stock (use bought fresh, or make up with a stock cube); 450ml milk; grissini sticks; 3 heaped tbsp finely grated Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative); 142ml carton single or whipping cream; 1-2 tbsp milk; 2 tsp snipped chives optional

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Artichoke soup with Parmesan sticks

Artichoke soup with Parmesan sticks

Gary Rhodes

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 25 mins - 35 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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A delicious vegetable soup with a nutty bite, it's so simple to make and low-fat. By Gary Rhodes

Freezable

Healthy

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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For the soup

600g Jerusalem artichoke

scrubbed and quartered (the artichokes can also be peeled)
1 small potato

(about 100-140g/4-5 oz) quartered
1 large onion

chopped
600ml vegetable chicken stock

(use bought fresh, or make up with a stock cube)
450ml milk

To serve

grissini sticks
3 heaped tbsp finely grated Parmesan

(or vegetarian alternative)
142ml carton single or whipping cream
1-2 tbsp milk
2 tsp snipped chives

optional

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal136
fat1g
saturates1g
carbs27g
sugars0g
fibre2g
protein6g
salt0.43g

low

Method

step 1

Up to a month before, put all the soup ingredients in a pan and bring to a simmer. Continue to simmer, covered, for about 20-30 mins or until the artichokes and potatoes have become very tender. Liquidise the soup in batches until completely smooth. If you want to thin it, add more stock. Pour the soup into a rigid plastic container and leave to cool before covering and freezing.
step 2

The day before serving, transfer the soup to the fridge to defrost overnight.
step 3

On the day, heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Heat the soup and check the seasoning. While the soup is warming, put the grissini sticks on a baking tray. Scatter them with 1 tbsp of the Parmesan and put in the oven until warm and the cheese has melted, about 8-10 mins.
step 4

Meanwhile, pour the cream into a small pan and simmer to reduce by a third. Stir in remaining Parmesan and let it melt. (For a little extra body, add a tbsp or two of soup.) Stir in 1-2 tbsp milk to cool it down, then blitz with a stick blender, if you like, for a frothy finish. (To avoid any splashes, transfer the cream to a larger pan or deep bowl to do this.) Ladle the soup between soup bowls, topping each with the warmed cream and a sprinkling of chives if using. Serve with the warm grissini sticks.

RECIPE TIPS

A QUICK SUPPER IDEA

For a more hearty soup, a can of drained butterbeans can be added while warming the soup. This can now become a supper dish, needing neither parmesan, cream or grissini – just lots of crusty bread to dip in the soup.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2005

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