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Silken Turnip Soup Recipe
Silken Turnip Soup
It was a surprise to visit Miss Lewis when she was the chef at Gage & Tollner in New York City and discover her Turnip Soup. Pureeing the soup in an electric blender makes a creamy-looking and creamy-tasting soup, without any cream or milk. This remains one of our favorites, the one we make for Thanksgiving dinner and other fall feasts.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter (1/2 stick)
- 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
- 4 medium turnips, peeled and thinly sliced (1-1/2 pounds)
- 1 small baking potato, peeled and thinly sliced (1/2 pound)
- 2 tsp Kosher salt
- 5 cups chicken stock
- 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/3 cup thinly sliced basil leaves, or whole globe basil leaves, as garnish (optional)
Preparation
Heat the butter in a large heavy pot until it is hot and foaming. Add the onions and cook over medium heat, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Add the sliced turnips, potato, and salt, and stir well. Cover the pot tightly, reduce the heat to very low, and cook this way, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.
Add the chicken stock and cook, partially covered, at a simmer for 10 minutes longer. Remove the soup from the stove and puree in batches, using an electric blender, until it is perfectly smooth. Return the soup to the stove, add the freshly grated nutmeg, and gently simmer for 10 minutes.
Taste carefully for seasoning, adding more salt or nutmeg as needed. If the soup is too thick for your taste, you may add a bit more chicken stock to thin. Serve the soup hot, garnished with a little of the basil sprinkled on top of each serving, if you like.
Makes about 2-1/2 quarts, serving 8.
- Serving(s)
- 8
Source
Excerpted from The Gift of Southern Cooking by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock. Copyright(c) 2003 by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock. Excerpted by permission of Knopf, a division of Random House of Canada Limited. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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