Chestnut soup

Ingredients for 5 servings:

• 1 onion(s), chopped
• 1 garlic clove(s), chopped
• 100 g celery, diced
• 100 g butter
• 400 g chestnuts, peeled, cooked
• 750 ml vegetable stock
• 350 ml cream
• 125 ml milk
• Salt
• 1 pinch of cinnamon powder
• some lemon juice
• 1 cardamom pod(s)

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 50 minutes

from the show “The Perfect Dinner” on VOX from 30.06.2020

Heat the butter and sauté the onions and garlic until translucent. Add the celery and fry briefly. Add the finely chopped chestnuts and deglaze with the vegetable stock. Then simmer for 30 minutes. Then add the milk, cream, salt, cinnamon, and the inside of the cardamom pod and simmer for 5 minutes. Blend the soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Season to taste with a few drops of lemon juice before serving. Isabel prepared this recipe as an appetizer on the show “The Perfect Dinner” – Day 2 in Stuttgart – on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.