Apple and parsnip soup

Name: Apple and parsnip soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter; 1 onion, chopped; 2 celery sticks, chopped; 5 parsnips, chopped; 3 Granny Smith apples, or similar variety, peeled and chopped; bouquet garni; 1.5 litres chicken stock; a few sprigs of fresh thyme, to garnish; chopped walnuts, to garnish

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 10

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Soups

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

Don’t save your fruit for dessert—a fruit and vegetable soup makes a wonderful beginning to a meal. Granny Smiths are just right for this recipe as they are not too sweet.

Ingredients

For the eggs

30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter
1 onion, chopped

Gluten-free
Soup

Method

Heat the butter in a medium saucepan, add the onion, cover with buttered greaseproof paper and a lid and cook gently until the onion is transparent, but not coloured. Add the celery, parsnip and apple and season with salt and pepper. Cook for a few minutes, then add the bouquet garni and cover with the chicken stock.
Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and sim

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