Caramelized shallot and almond soup
Ingredients
for 4 person
750 g | shallots, cut in half |
1 | 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 |
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 |
6 dl | Alpro almond milk |
3 dl | water |
2 cube | vegetable bouillon |
1 dl | vegan white wine |
3 tbsp | white almond cream |
1 | bay leaf |
1 | organic lemon, use a little grated zest |
salt and pepper to taste |
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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