Name: Artichoke Soup
Yield: For 4-5
Ingredients: parsley; 2 lbs Jerusalem artichokes; butter; salt, freshly ground pepper; nutmeg; croûtons or diced fried bacon; 1 pint milk; 1 pint stock, water or bouillon made with a cube; 1 onion, peeled and sliced

Preparation info

For
4-5

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Poor Cook

By Susan Campbell and Caroline Conran

Published 1971

About

Ingredients

2 lbs Jerusalem artichokes
1 onion, peeled and sliced
parsley
1

Method

This is a very easily made and delicious soup. The only boring part is peeling the artichokes, and if they have only just come out of the ground you may not have to. But if they are already brown on the outside it is worth taking the trouble to do so as your soup will have an infinitely better colour and flavour.

Peel the artichokes and put them immediately into cold water acidulated wi