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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 20.64 ml butter
4 1 litre Milk
5 1 Bouquet garni
6 200 ml cream
7 salt
8 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

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 20.64 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 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
1,385 Kcal or 5,799 Kj	71 gr	125 gr	67 gr
69 %	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
346 Kcal or 1,449 Kj	18 gr	31 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: Bonnevaux apple tart, Ciabatta, Polenta, Polpete, Clafoutis batter, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baker's chicken and potato tart, Tuna pasta, Potimarron and Parmesan tart, Individual creamy endive gratins, Eggs Arsène, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushroom velouté, Breton galettes (pancakes), Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Milk rolls, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , ... All
	Globe artichoke: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Creamy Comtoise artichoke gratin, Creamy artichokes, Scallops with crunchy vegetables and wine sabayon, ... All

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