Jerusalem Artichoke and Oyster Soup

Name: Jerusalem Artichoke and Oyster Soup
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: ⅔ cup (155 g/5 oz) butter; 1 medium brown (yellow) onion; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 cups (1 litre/1¾ imp. pints) Fish Stock; 800 g (1¾ lb) Jerusalem artichokes; 2 cups (500 mL/16 fl oz) water; 3 dozen oysters; 2 tablespoons snipped chives

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Taste of Australia

By Victoria Alexander and Genevieve Harris

Published 1995

About

You can substitute potatoes for the Jerusalem artichokes. The best potatoes to use are low starch, white-fleshed varieties, such as pontiacs (round red potatoes). If you have an abundance of oysters, you can add some to the finished soup just before serving.

Ingredients

800 g (1¾ lb) Jerusalem artichokes
1 medium brown (yellow) onion

Soup
Gluten-free

Method

PEEL AND ROUGHLY chop the artichokes and onion. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a low heat, add the artichokes and onion and cook until the onion is soft and translucent, about 5–8 minutes. Wash the oysters in the water to remove any grit. Take out the oysters and strain the remaining liquid through a fine sieve. Add the oysters to the saucepan and cook for 2 minutes. Add the re