Pear Chestnut Soup
Pear chestnut soup is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the core fruit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 4 small pears
- 250 ml dry white wine
- 500 g roasted, peeled chestnuts (sweet chestnuts)
- 1 finely chopped shallot
- 1 l vegetable broth
- Salt
- Pepper
- 100 g Sour cream
- 100 ml heavy cream (at least 30% fat content)
- 2 tbsp gooseberry jam
Instructions
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1.
Peel the pears, leave the stem attached but cut out the core from the bottom. Place the pears side by side in a small pot, pour over the wine and cook until soft. Remove from the wine and cut off the lower quarter of each pear.
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2.
Add the chestnuts together with the shallots, the colorful pear pieces, broth, and wine residue to a pot and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 1 hour while stirring constantly.
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3.
Stir in the sour cream, heavy cream, and jam. Blend everything finely and season with salt and pepper. Strain through a sieve if desired.
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4.
Serve on plates, cut the upper halves of the pears and place them into the soup. Serve immediately.
