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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 2 people, you will need:

1 2 globe artichokes
2 1 shallot
3 10.32 ml butter
4 500 ml milk
5 ½ Bouquet garni
6 100 ml cream
7 salt
8 pepper

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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 2 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 1 shallot.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

In a saucepan over medium heat, melt 10.32 ml 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 500 ml milk, add ½ 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 100 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
994 Kcal or 4,162 Kj	39 gr	67 gr	63 gr
50 %	15 %	6 %	10 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
86 Kcal or 360 Kj	3 gr	6 gr	6 gr
4 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
497 Kcal or 2,081 Kj	19 gr	34 gr	32 gr
25 %	7 %	3 %	5 %

% 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 2 people : 2.81 €
Per person : 1.41 €

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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: Invisible apple cake, Prune Far, Apricot blancmange, Dipping bread with cheese, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hearty leek and sprout soup, Chocolate cream, Fish Mousselines, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Vol-au-vent, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sweet pastry, Sorrel soup, Gnocchi alla romana, Melting Epoisses on toast , Bechamel sauce, ... All
	Globe artichoke: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Creamy Comtoise artichoke gratin, Scallops with crunchy vegetables and wine sabayon, Creamy artichokes, ... All

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