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Billy, This one came out of the "On Cooking" cook book in Master Cook.
* Exported from MasterCook *
Artichoke Soup
Recipe By :Mark Black, Executive Chef
Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soup
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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20 fresh artichokes
2 tablespoons kosher salt
3 lemons -- sliced
2 fluid ounces olive oil
1/2 cup celery -- small dice
1/2 cup leeks -- small dice
1 cup white onions -- small dice
1/2 cup shallots -- small dice
1 tablespoon garlic -- minced
1 bay leaf
1 quart vegetable stock
salt and pepper -- to taste
5 ounces truffles -- sliced
opal basil oil
Simmer the artichokes in salted lemon water until tender. Remove them from
the water and cool in an ice bath. Peel away the leaves. Remove the hearts
and bottoms and dice them.
In a soup pot, heat the olive oil and add the celery, leeks, onions,
shallots and garlic and sauté until tender.
Add the diced artichokes, bay leaf and stock and simmer for approximately
45 minutes.
Remove from the heat, remove the bay leaf, purée the soup in a blender and
strain through a chinois.
Adjust the seasonings with salt and pepper and adjust the consistency with
additional stock if necessary.
Pour the soup into hot soup bowls. Garnish with sliced truffles and Opal
Basil Oil and serve.
Source:
"Chapter 12 - Soups"
Copyright:
"© 2003 by Prentice-Hall, Inc."
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 196 Calories; 6g Fat (25.3%
calories from fat); 9g Protein; 33g Carbohydrate; 14g Dietary Fiber; 0mg
Cholesterol; 649mg Sodium. Exchanges: 6 Vegetable; 1 Fat.
NOTES : The Brown Palace Hotel
Denver, CO
Because MasterCook's Ingredient List may not include all
of the ingredients listed in this recipe, we have
displayed the recipe's nutritional analysis as it appears
in the ON COOKING book.
Approximate values per serving, without oil: Calories 190,
Total fat 6 g, Saturated fat 1 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium
580 mg, Total carbohydrates 32 g, Protein 10 g, Vitamin A
15%, Vitamin C 45%, Calcium 10%, Iron 20%
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Thanks Billy, but I go to epicurious quite often, so if I decide to look around for another, I'll check them out.
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