Great Green Artichoke Soup

Name: Great Green Artichoke Soup
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon dill seeds, or 1 tablespoon chopped dill; 1 teaspoon dill seeds, or 1 tablespoon chopped dill; 1 tablespoon kosher salt, or to taste; 2 cups cooked shelled beans or rinsed, canned beans, such as cranberry or white beans (optional); 2 cups cooked shelled beans or rinsed, canned beans, such as cranberry or white beans (optional); 2 cups cooked shelled beans or rinsed, canned beans, such as cranberry or white beans (optional); 2 cups cooked shelled beans or rinsed, canned beans, such as cranberry or white beans (optional); 1 cup chicken stock (any of the homemade stocks, or sterile-pack), plus more if desired; 4 large artichokes with long stems attached, each about 1½ pounds with 10-inch stems

Preparation info

Makes 8 Cups ; Serves
6
or More as a First Course

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Intolerant Gourmet

By Barbara Kafka

Published 2011

About

I had a request to begin dinner with artichokes one weekend. I went to the supermarket; the regular artichokes looked drawn and frazzled. However, there were some wonderful-looking ones with their long stems attached. Of course, they were more expensive; but I got four of them and got even by making a very good soup that was enough for four to six. I added—but it was not essential—2 cups of cooked shelled beans that I had frozen the previous fall. Rinsed canned beans could be substituted. A

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Dinner
Soup
Starter
Gluten-free

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