Fennel Apple Soup Food

FENNEL SOUP GRATIN

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the fennel, onions, and thyme and saute for 20 to 25 minutes, until the onions and fennel are very tender and caramelized. (You can add a little water if it starts to stick.) Deglaze the pan by adding the brandy; reduce the heat to medium and cook for 3 minutes, scraping the bottom of the pan. Add the sherry and white wine and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add the chicken stock, salt, and pepper and continue to cook, uncovered, for another 15 minutes. Add the Pernod and cook for 5 more minutes. Check for salt and pepper.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Ladle the soup into 6 to 8 ovenproof bowls and place 1 or 2 slices of French bread and a handful of Gruyère cheese on top of each bowl. Place the bowls on a baking sheet and slide them under the broiler for 3 minutes, or until the cheese is brown and bubbly, and serve.

APPLE AND FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Finely chop fennel, reserving the herb. Finely chop leeks, 3 apples, onion, zucchini, carrots, basil and tarragon.
• In large saucepan, cook the vegetables in the butter until soft, about 10 minutes. Add chicken stock and simmer 45 minutes.
• Puree soup in food processor or electric blender and, if possible, pass through a food mill with a medium-size blade. Return puree to pot. Add salt and pepper.
• To serve, add Pernod if desired and garnish with remaining thin slices of apple and fennel herb.

APPLE FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine broth, water, wine, apples, carrots, onion, fennel, bay leaf, thyme, and peppercorns; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 20 minutes.
• Strain soup, reserving liquid.
• Remove bay leaf from apple-vegetable mixture in strainer.
• In blender or food processor, puree mixture; add reserved liquid and blend well.
• Reheat soup, if necessary; ladle into soup bowls and serve with a dollop of yogurt if desired.

FENNEL APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Heat olive oil in a large pot.
• 2. Saute onion over low or medium heat for 10-15 minutes until soft and almost browned.
• 3. Add fennel and apples and cook for 5-10 minutes until they start to soften or brown.
• 4. Add chicken stock and thyme.
• 5. Puree soup in small batches (for safety purposes) in a vita-mix until smooth and creamy.
• 6. Reheat soup and serve.