Caramelized shallot and almond soup

Total: 55 min. | Active: 30 min.
vegan, lactose-free

Ingredients

for 4 person

Shallots
750 g shallots, cut in half
garlic clove, squeezed
2 tbsp coarse cane sugar
1 tsp fennel seeds, finely crushed using a mortar and pestle
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
a little  pepper
Bread
280 g sourdough bread, cut into 8 slices
1 tbsp olive oil
¼ tsp fennel seeds, finely crushed using a mortar and pestle
a little  pepper
Soup
6 dl Alpro almond milk
3 dl water
2 cube vegetable bouillon
1 dl vegan white wine
3 tbsp white almond cream
bay leaf
organic lemon, use a little grated zest
  salt and pepper to taste
Serve
½ bunch chervil, roughly chopped

How it's done

Shallots

In a bowl, mix the shallots and all the other ingredients up to and including the pepper, spread on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Bread

Place the bread slices on a baking tray, drizzle with oil, season.

Bake

Approx. 25 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 200°C (convection), remove the bread after approx. 15 mins.

Soup

Place the almond milk and all the other ingredients up to and including the bayleaf in a pan, bring to the boil while stirring occasionally. Remove the bayleaf. Set aside 120 g of the shallots, add the remaining shallots to the soup, puree. Add the lemon zest, season, add the remaining shallots, heat the soup up again.

Serve

Plate up the soup, sprinkle with chervil, serve with bread.

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