valentine's day recipe:

cream soup

ingredients

butter 50 gm
bacon trimmings (optional) 25 gm
onion 75 gm
celery 75 gm
flour 50 gm
vegetable of choice 400 gm
white stock 1 lt
bouquet garni sq
cream sq

production

1. Melt the butter in a thick bottom pan
2. Add the bacon, roughly chopped vegetables and sweat until softened
3. Mix in the flour and cook out for 2 - 3 minutes
4. Remove from the heat and add the tomato paste
5. Return to the heat and gradually add the stock
6. Stir to the boil and add the bouquet garni, season lightly
7. Simmer for 1 hour, stirring and skimming occasionally
8. Remove the bouquet garni and pass firmly through a chinois or purée in a liquidiser
9. Return soup to a clean pan, add cream
10. Bring to the boil, correct seasoning and consistency

chef notes:

This standard recipe can be used for making any cream or puree soup based on vegetables, simply by using 400 gm of the vegetable of your choice, these could be fresh, frozen or canned.

Cream soups can also be finished with any other dairy product to give
it suitable a creamy finish : crème fraiche, yogurt, etc.

Cream soups can also be made by replacing the stock with a velouté or Béchamel sauce (but omitting the flour from the above recipe).

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