Creamy Endive Soup

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Creamy Endive Soup
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Difficulty:
easy
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Preparation:
15 min.
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Ingredients

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2
Ingredients
250 grams Endive
1 shallot
1 Tbsp butter
½ tsp sugar
1 Tbsp lemon juice
2 tsps Pastry flour
500 milliliters Vegetable broth
100 milliliters Whipped cream (at least 30% fat content)
salt
freshly ground peppers
Nutmeg
scallions
How healthy are the main ingredients?
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Preparation steps

1.

Rinse and trim the endive. Slice thinly corsswise, and set some of the tender tips aside for garnish. Peel and finely dice the shallot.

2.

Melt the butter in a pan, and sauté the shallots until translucent. Add the endive, and sauté briefly. Add the sugar, and drizzle with the lemon juice. Sprinkle with the flour and mix to combine. Add in the broth, and simmer covered for 10 minutes over low heat.

3.

Puree the soup, then return to the pot. Add in the cream, bring to a boil, then season to taste with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Garnish with the reserved chicory and the chopped chives.