Cream of Artichoke Soup With Chervil and Fried Artichokes
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 3784.0 ml water
- 8 whole artichokes
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 29.58 ml olive oil
- 118.32 ml unsalted butter, divided
- 1656.13 ml vegetable stock or 1656.13 ml chicken stock
- 6 slice panera's country bread, crusts removed
- 236.59 ml fresh chervil, packed
- vegetable oil, for frying
- 236.59 ml heavy cream
- salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
directions
- Bring the water to a boil in an 8-quart pot.
- Trim the top third off each artichoke and discard, along with the stems. The bottom two-thirds of each artichoke should remain in tact.
- Set 2 artichoke bottoms aside, quarter the other 6 artichoke bottoms and toss with the lemon juice and olive oil.
- Transfer quartered artichokes, lemon juice, and oil to the water and boil for 10 minutes. Drain artichokes.
- Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in a 4-quart pot and add the cooked artichokes.
- Stir them over low heat for about 10 minutes, be careful not to let the butter burn.
- Pour in the stock and boil for 20 minutes.
- Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter. Dip the bread slices into the melted butter and sauté over medium heat until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
- Add the cooked bread to the pot with the artichokes and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add the cream.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Puree the soup in a food processor, then run it through a food mill until smooth.
- Cool 1-1/2 cups of soup in the freezer.
- Puree the chervil in the chilled soup (make sure the soup is cold before you puree the chervil, because if it is hot, the chervil will turn brown).
- Heat the chervil mixture to 200ºF.
- Thinly slice the reserved artichoke bottoms and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Drain on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.
- Evenly distribute the hot soup among 8 bowls. Drizzle the chervil mixture over the soup and garnish with the fried artichokes.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Dee514
United States
I'm married (53 years to the same lucky guy) and have 2 kids, a daughter 47, a son 43, and 2 beautiful grand daughters (11 yrs and 14 yrs). I have always enjoyed cooking and baking, especially breads :)