Vegetable and chervil soup

By: Raymond Blanc From: Market Kitchen

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Prep time:
15 min
Cook time:
15 min
Serves:
4-6

Raymond Blanc cooks his mum’s recipe for vegetable and chervil soup which serves 4 for under a fiver

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The key to this soup is its fresh, clean flavour. It is critical that you do not muddy the wonderful flavours of your vegetables by over cooking. Just a few minutes will do.

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Ingredients

  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 large carrot, finely sliced
  • 1 leek, outer leaves removed, cut across into 1cm slices
  • 2 sticks celery, finely sliced
  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 pinches freshly ground white pepper
  • 1 litres boiling water
  • 1 large courgette, cut in half lengthways and cut across into 5mm slices
  • 3 ripe tomatoes, cut in quarters and roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter or soured cream
  • 1 handfuls chervil, finely chopped
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Method

1. In a large saucepan, sweat the onion, garlic, carrot, leek and celery in the butter for 5 minutes to extract maximum flavour without colouring. Season with salt and freshly ground white pepper.

2. Add the boiling water, courgette and tomato (the boiling water will reduce the cooking time and also keep the colours lively) and fast boil for 5 minutes.

3. Whisk in the butter (or soured cream or both) and add the chervil. Taste and correct the seasoning if required.


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Latest Comment

 

Tried this fantastic recipe in Gibraltar, great success.

Jaime Jaime  Posted 30 Oct 2009 11:04 PM
 

Wonderful soup. I've added some home grown thinly sliced new potatoes and beans to make a very substantial meal, served with crusty bread

Paul7rhg Paul7rhg  Posted 11 Jul 2009 10:03 AM
 

Delicious, lovely and fresh. When making since have added a tin of beans (flagelots) to make it more substancial as a healthy meal

tobyjug3 tobyjug3  Posted 19 Jun 2009 7:40 PM