Jill Norman

Brussels sprout soup

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Winter Food
Winter Food

By Jill Norman

Published 2005

  • About

In this pretty, pale green soup the sprouts are cooked following Escoffier’s advice: to ‘stew them in butter’, then ‘combine them with as much fresh cream as possible’. It gives them a subtle flavour.

Ingredients

  • 500 g small Brussels sprouts
  • 30 g butter
  • 1 tablespoon

Method

Blanch the sprouts in boiling water for 3 minutes and drain. Heat the butter in a large pan, add the sprouts and shake and toss them in the butter. Sprinkle over the flour and garlic, mix well and pour over the hot stock, stirring continually. Simmer until the sprouts are soft, about 20 minutes. Blend the soup until smooth.

Beat the egg yolk with the cream, pour a ladleful of sou