Chilled Burgundy Carrot Soup With Celery Belgian Endive And Baby Golden Beets Recipes

CHILLED BURGUNDY CARROT SOUP WITH CELERY, BELGIAN ENDIVE AND BABY GOLDEN BEETS

Steps:

• Combine carrot juice and lemon juice, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
• In a medium bowl, combine sliced carrot, celery, endive, beet and lettuce. Toss to mix. Add 3 tablespoons olive oil, thyme, lime juice and coriander. Toss until thoroughly mixed. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Arrange high mounds of salad in four shallow soup bowls. Ladle carrot juice around salad. Drizzle remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in bowls, and sprinkle with pepper. Garnish with sprouts, and serve.

CREAM OF BELGIAN ENDIVE SOUP

Steps:

• Mince the endives, reserving a few small leaves for garnish.
• Saute the onion, garlic, and endives in the butter for 3 minutes.
• Add the potatoes and chicken broth and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft.
• Blend until smooth, using an immersion blender, or carefully transferring hot soup to blender and then back to pot.
• Add the milk, salt, and pepper and blend. Serve hot or cold.
• Garnish with chopped endive leaves, chives, and dill.

PENNE ALL'ARRABBIATA

Steps:

• Bring 6 quarts of water to a boil in a large pot, and add 3 tablespoons kosher salt.
• Meanwhile, put 4 tablespoons olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat, and then add the tomato paste and pepper flakes; reduce the heat to low and stir just until fragrant, about 4 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, and remove from the heat.
• Drop the pasta into the boiling water, and cook until al dente. Drain the pasta, reserving 1/4 cup of the pasta water.
• Add the pasta and the reserved pasta water to the tomato sauce, stir and toss over medium heat until the pasta is well coated. Season with salt if necessary, then add the remaining oil, tossing well. Serve immediately, with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano on the side.

FISH SOUP WITH FENNEL AND PERNOD

Steps:

• Stage 1, pre-bedtime. Put onion, celery, garlic and fennel in a food processor, and pulse gently until chopped into a coarse paste.
• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add coarsely processed vegetables to pan, and sauté, stirring often, until softened, about 4 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons Pernod, and boil until almost evaporated. Add red pepper flakes, and season with salt and pepper.
• Pour in wine, and bring to a boil. Reduce for 2 minutes, and add tomato purée and chopped tomatoes. Bring to boil, stir, cover and remove from heat.
• Stage 2, post-bedtime. Return saucepan to medium heat until barely simmering. Gently slide mussels and fish into broth. Bring broth back to a simmer, and cook, stirring once or twice to give mussels room to open, until mussels and fish are cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Divide mussels and fish into warmed bowls. Pour soup over all, and scatter with fennel tops. Sprinkle with remaining teaspoon Pernod (skip Pernod if children are eating) and more olive oil. Serve immediately with crusty bread, if desired.