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4 to 6
Easy
1 hr 15
By Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby
Published 2013
This soup, spiked with seasonal and festive flavor combinations, was inspired by a holiday visit to the Terrace Restaurant in Longwood Gardens, a botanical garden about a half hour south of Philadelphia. Part of its magic is the mulled wine, infused with traditional Christmas spices: cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg. The nuttiness of the chestnuts combined with the aromatic parsnips, yields a rich, creamy puree as the perfect canvas for the spices. Make your life easy and buy pre-peeled chestnuts i