Soup Recipes > Turkey Chestnut Soup

How to make turkey chestnut soup:
A soup recipe you might want to try at Christmas.





Ingredients

1lb chestnuts
5 cups turkey stock
1/2 teaspoon mixed dried herbs
2 - 3 ribs celery, chopped
2/3 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 large cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
seasoning
1 - 2 tablespoons lemon juice
2/3 cup unflavored yogurt
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Cut a cross through the shell on one side of each of the chestnuts and either boil them in water for 10 minutes or roast them in a hot oven until they split.
- Remove the outer shells and the inner brown skins.
- Put the chestnuts in a saucepan with the turkey stock and mixed herbs and simmer for about 20 minutes, until tender.
- Fry the celery and onion in the oil until softened, then add the apples and cook gently until softened.
- Puree the chestnuts and bouillon in a blender with the celery, onion and apples, then return the mixture to the rinsed out saucepan.
- Add the seasoning and the lemon juice.
- Stir in the yogurt and reheat, but do not boil.