Chestnut And Celery Soup Recipes

CELERY ROOT AND CHESTNUT SOUP WITH BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Steps:

• Prepare the soup. Sweat the onions, celery, leeks and garlic in a small amount of olive oil until soft without browning, for about 5 minutes. Add celery root and sweat for 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add milk and then add water to cover, and simmer for 45 to 50 minutes.
• Puree the milk mixture in a blender with 1 teaspoon olive oil and lemon juice. Strain through a fine mesh strainer.
• Prepare the chestnut puree. Saute shallots, garlic, thyme and chestnuts over medium heat for 1 minute. Deglaze the pan by adding the Calvados. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add water and simmer until tender. Puree the mixture in a blender, adding water to adjust consistency.
• To plate (per serving): Pour 5 ounces (5/8 cup) of celery root soup and 1/4 cup of chestnut puree into each bowl. Garnish each bowl with diced celery root, carrots, turnips and roasted chestnuts.

CHESTNUT SOUP

Steps:

• In 3-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion and celery in butter 4 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Add chopped chestnuts; cook 2 minutes. (Set aside a few chestnut pieces for garnish, if desired.) Add wine; stir to loosen particles from bottom of pan. Stir in broth, whipping cream, salt and white pepper. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer uncovered 20 minutes. Remove from heat; cool 15 minutes.
• Into blender, pour half of the soup. Cover; blend on high speed until smooth. Return to saucepan. Repeat with remaining soup. Stir in nutmeg; heat to simmering. Cook until hot. Garnish individual servings with crème fraîche, reserved chopped chestnuts and black pepper.

CHESTNUT AND CELERY SOUP

Steps:

• In a kettle cook the onion, the garlic, the bay leaf, and the thyme in the butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until the onion is softened, add the celery and the carrots, and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add the chestnuts, the potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces, the broth, 2 1/2 cups water, and salt and pepper to taste, simmer the mixture, covered, for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the chestnuts and the potato are very tender, and discard the bay leaf. In a blender puree the mixture in batches until it is smooth and return it to the kettle. The soup may be prepared 1 day in advance, cooled uncovered, and kept covered and chilled. Heat the soup, stirring, until it is hot and serve it with the sour cream.