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Artichoke Soup

For this recipe, we will first steam the artichokes, recover all the flesh, and prepare with shallot and milk a delicious soup.

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Last modified on: December 4^th 2022

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 globe artichokes
2 2 shallots
3 20 g butter
4 1 litre milk
5 1 Bouquet garni
6 200 ml cream
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 2,105 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
18 min.	28 min.	46 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Cook 4 globe artichokes as you normally do, let them cool.

Stage 2

Remove all the leaves, then with a small spoon and for each one, remove the flesh that you will deposit in a bowl.

You can proceed by placing the leaf on the work surface...

Stage 3

...or by holding it in your hand.

Stage 4 - 10 min.

No secret, it's a bit tedious.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Remove the hay from the artichoke hearts, then cut them into small pieces and add them to the bowl.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Slice 2 shallots.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

In a saucepan over medium heat, melt 20 g butter then add the minced shallots, salt and pepper, and cook for 1 minute.

Stage 8 - 4 min.

Add the artichoke flesh, mix well, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 or 4 minutes.

Stage 9 - 8 min.

Pour in 1 litre milk, add 1 Bouquet garni, salt and pepper, and bring to a boil.

Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

After this time, remove from heat, add 200 ml cream and mix thoroughly.

Stage 11

Check the seasoning, your artichoke soup is ready.

Remarks

The cream in step 10 can be replaced by 2 tablespoons of cornstarch diluted in cold water and blended in with the mixer.

If you want a thicker soup, add 1 potato cooked with the artichokes in step 8.

If you don't have a bouquet garni, replace it with a vegetable or poultry stock cube.

Keeping

Several days in the refrigerator, in a closed jar.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,392 Kcal or 5,828 Kj	71 gr	126 gr	67 gr
70 %	27 %	12 %	10 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
66 Kcal or 276 Kj	3 gr	6 gr	3 gr
3 %	1 %	1 %	<1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
348 Kcal or 1,457 Kj	18 gr	32 gr	17 gr
17 %	7 %	3 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Celery

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.83 €
Per person : 1.21 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crème caramel, Hamburger buns, Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Bonnevaux apple tart, Nantes Tourton, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs Arsène, Cream and herb dressing, Potato and cheese pie, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Green beans with tomato cream sauce, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pecan fruit rolls , Tomatoes Provençal, Melting Epoisses on toast , Beurre d'escargot, Sliced veal with leeks and mushrooms, ... All
	Globe artichoke: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Scallops with crunchy vegetables and wine sabayon, Creamy artichokes, Creamy Comtoise artichoke gratin, ... All

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