A delicious velvety soup that uplifts and softens the endives with curry and a bit of sugar. It can be served hot as a starter or as a light main dish. Try serving it as iced as an aperitif in small glasses.
The dish in two words:“She dazzles like the Dawn
And comforts like the Night…”
To Start...
difficulty – easy
preparation-10'
cooking - 10′ + 20′ = 30′
serves - 2
To Sum-up...
Ingredients
Base Recipe
- 10gr of unsalted butter
- 2 medium endives
- 2 small potatoes
- ½ teaspoon of curry
- 375ml of hot water
- ½ brick of vegetable stock
- ½ teaspoon of sugar
- salt, black pepper
Option #1 - Cheese
- 20gr of Saint-Félicien cheese (or any other semi-creamy cheese with taste)
Option #2 - Bacon cubes
- 1 pinch of smoked bacon cut in small pieces per plate of soup
Option #3 - Cream
- 2 teaspoon of cream per plate of soup
Steps
Base Recipe
- Slice endives or chicory in big horizontal strips
- Cut potatoes in big pieces after peeling them
- Put butter into a medium saucepan and heat it up
- As soon as it is foaming, add curry and stir over until the butter becomes a bit brown but not much
- Put endives (or chicory) in, stir until butter has covered them, and cook until they become soft
- Put in the saucepan the potatoes and stir again until everything mixed together
- Cook endives and potatoes in medium heat for 10’, and stir from time to time to avoid sticking at the saucepan
- Boil the water and dilute in it the vegetable cube to produce stock
- Add sugar at the stock and stir to dilute
- Add the stock into the vegetables
- Add pepper and salt if necessary because the stock is already salted
- Cook 20’ with the lid on
- Use a stick blender to pulse soup until it’s smooth (velouté)
Option #1 – St Félicien
- Cut the Saint-Félicien in small pieces
- When the soup it’s smooth and still hot, add the pieces of Saint-Félicien, and stir with a wooden spoon to dilute the cheese into the soup
Option #2 - Bacon cubes
- Cook the pieces of smoked bacon in a small pan until they’re crispy
- Sprinkle crispy bacon pieces over the soup prepared with or without option #1
Option #3 - Cream
- Add the cream into the plate and stir (soup can be prepared with or without options #1 and/or #2)
Tip
If you don't like curry, you can prepare this soup without it, and then it will be very mild
Inspiration
Today's kiss-my-chef
o-o C'est si bon ! o-o
