Green Olive Soup

Submitted by Mercy

"The olives in this recipe are not the kind stuffed with pimientos. These may be difficult to find. You can buy the stuffed ones and remove the pimientos but it takes some extra time."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 cups green olives, pitted
• 7 tablespoons olive oil, separated (3 and 4 tablespoons)
• 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 6 tablespoons flour
• black pepper
• Tabasco sauce (about 4 shots)
• 1⁄3 cup dry sherry

directions

1. First make a roux with the 3 tablespoons of flour and 4 tablespoons of olive oil added to a saute pan and cooked until it darkens. Make this roux first so that it will be cool when you are ready to add it to the soup.
2. Soak the olives in cold water for 1 hour (this helps to remove some of the salt). Drain and coarsely chop the olives. Heat a saute pan and add 3 tablespoons of oil, onion, and garlic, along with 2/3 of the olives. Saute until the onions are transparent. Puree the mixture in a food processor along with 1 cup of the stock. This much of the recipe can be made up to two days ahead if needed.
3. Place this mixture into a 4 quart saucepan and the rest of the stock. Simmer for 20 minutes and add cream. Whisk in the roux a little at a time and simmer, stirring constantly until thickened. Add pepper to taste and remaining chopped olives, Tabasco, and sherry.

Reviews

[pijnenburgmm]

I used filled olives, iit what I had handy. It came out fantastic. I added some finely cut preserved lemon to my bowl and it complimented each other beautifully. The only thing I would change next time is to use a low sodium stock. I can see myself making this more often now I have tried it.

 

[ktownlisa]

I used Trader Joe's canned green olives when making this for the first time. They were really bland, and the resulting soup was pretty bland too, though the flavor improved after a few days in the fridge. I plan to try it again with more flavorful olives, and I might try not soaking the olives first.

 

[Donna B.]

Great soup! I substituted skim milk for the cream to cut down on the cholesterol; it turned out wonderfully. Thank you!