Artichoke Soup

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

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

Times:

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

Step by step recipe

• 1: Cook 4 globe artichokes as you normally do, let them cool.
• 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...
• 3: ...or by holding it in your hand.
• 4: No secret, it's a bit tedious.
• 5: Remove the hay from the artichoke hearts, then cut them into small pieces and add them to the bowl.
• 6: Slice 2 shallots.
• 7: In a saucepan over medium heat, melt 20 g butter then add the minced shallots, salt and pepper, and cook for 1 minute.
• 8: Add the artichoke flesh, mix well, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 or 4 minutes.
• 9: 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.
• 10: After this time, remove from heat, add 200 ml cream and mix thoroughly.
• 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.

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