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Creamy chestnut soup with festive garnish

Creamy Chestnut Soup With Festive Garnish

Simple to create holiday soup garnished with caramelized apple and pear slices, toasted almonds, raisins & Thyme.

Course Soup
Cuisine European
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings 6
Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

  • Soup:
  • 1 T unsalted butter melted
  • 1 lb chopped vacuum-packed chestnuts
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3+ 1/4 cups heavy cream
  • 3+1/4 cups vegetable broth
  • 4 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 small red apple
  • 1 small green pear
  • 1 tsp unsalted butter
  • 1.5 Tbsp honey
  • 1/4 cup almond slices
  • 2 T golden raisins
  • 2 T raisins
  • 4 sprigs fresh thyme

Instructions

  1. Melt the butter in a medium sized pot. Add garlic, cook 1 minute, add chopped chestnuts.
  2. Add cream and broth.
  3. Mix in thyme, cinnamon, & nutmeg.
  4. Bring to a boil. turn heat down & simmer for 5 minutes.
  5. Turn off heat and cover to keep warm.
  6. Remove thyme and puree the soup.

  7. Wash, dry, & core the apple and the pear.

  8. Slice both thinly horizontally.
  9. Place a layer of parchment paper next to the stove.

  10. Melt butter in a large skillet. Stir in the honey.

  11. Add apple & pear slices and cook on both sides to caramelize.

  12. Transfer to parchment paper.

  13. Roast almonds slices in a separate naked skillet for 1-2 minutes.
  14. Divide the soup into 4 bowls. Top with apple & pear slices, raisins, & almonds.
  15. Garnish with thyme sprigs & serve.