French Walnut Soup

Name: French Walnut Soup
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: raw walnuts; 1 small garlic clove; fresh thyme; homemade chicken stock; heavy cream; freshly cracked black pepper; salt; champagne or white wine vinegar; chopped tarragon

Serves 1

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French Walnut Soup

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Serves 1

Directions

1Start by mashing the raw walnuts in a pestle and mortar.
2Add one small garlic clove and a little bit of fresh thyme to the walnuts in the pestle and mortar and continue mashing.
3Transfer the mashed nuts into a soup pan.
4Add homemade chicken stock through a strainer into the pan with the nuts.
5Bring the mixture to a boil and let it simmer for 5 to 6 minutes.
6Pour the mixture into a blender.
7Blend the mixture, increasing to high speed.
8Pour the blended mixture back into the pan.
9Return the pan to the heat and add a little heavy cream.
10Add freshly cracked black pepper and salt, adjusting salt if using unseasoned chicken broth.
11Boil the mixture for about 3 or 4 minutes to thicken it slightly.
12Add a couple of drops of champagne or white wine vinegar.
13Once the mixture has reached a thick consistency, it's done.
14Serve the soup in a tea cup.
15Garnish with a tiny bit of chopped tarragon.

Ingredients

raw walnuts
1 small garlic clove
fresh thyme
homemade chicken stock
heavy cream
freshly cracked black pepper
salt
champagne or white wine vinegar
chopped tarragon

Equipment

pestle and mortarsoup panblendertea cupstrainer

Tips

If sticking to super authentic, just use the pestle and mortar.
Adjust salt if using unseasoned chicken broth.

French Walnut Soup

Serves 1

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French Walnut Soup

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Serves 1

Directions

1Start by mashing the raw walnuts in a pestle and mortar.
2Add one small garlic clove and a little bit of fresh thyme to the walnuts in the pestle and mortar and continue mashing.
3Transfer the mashed nuts into a soup pan.
4Add homemade chicken stock through a strainer into the pan with the nuts.
5Bring the mixture to a boil and let it simmer for 5 to 6 minutes.
6Pour the mixture into a blender.
7Blend the mixture, increasing to high speed.
8Pour the blended mixture back into the pan.
9Return the pan to the heat and add a little heavy cream.
10Add freshly cracked black pepper and salt, adjusting salt if using unseasoned chicken broth.
11Boil the mixture for about 3 or 4 minutes to thicken it slightly.
12Add a couple of drops of champagne or white wine vinegar.
13Once the mixture has reached a thick consistency, it's done.
14Serve the soup in a tea cup.
15Garnish with a tiny bit of chopped tarragon.