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Turnip and sesame puree (tahina) soup

For this quick soup, 15 minutes, an original turnip taste with sesame purée (tahina).

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Last modified on: February 29^th 2012

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 2 turnips
2 33 g liquid cream
3 ¹⁄₃ chicken stock cube
4 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
5 salt
6 pepper
Total weight: 226 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
25 min.	10 min.	35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Peel 2 turnips, cut in 4 lengthways, then cut each quarter in fairly thin slices.

Weight the prepared turnips.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Cook the turnips in twice their weight of water and ¹⁄₃ chicken stock cube, until they are soft (about 10 minutes).

Stage 3 - 5 min.

With a blender blend until smooth, then add 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste), 33 g liquid cream, and blend again.

Taste and check salt and pepper: it's ready.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
238 Kcal or 996 Kj	6 gr	16 gr	17 gr
12 %	2 %	2 %	3 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
105 Kcal or 440 Kj	3 gr	7 gr	7 gr
5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
119 Kcal or 498 Kj	3 gr	8 gr	8 gr
6 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

% 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, Sesame

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 0.61 €
Per person : 0.31 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Celeriac in cream and mustard sauce, Chantilly cream, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Artichoke hearts forestier , Shallot confit tart, ... All
	Turnip: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, Minestrone, Stock-pot fish , Couscous, Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc, ... All
	Tahini (sesame paste): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Lebanese-style chickpea salad, Hummus, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Green hummus, Green parsley tahini sauce, ... All
	Chicken stock cube: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Turnip and Jerusalem artichoke soup, Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup, The total turnip, Confit of carrots with bacon, ... All

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