Roasted Turnip Soup With Honey Cream

Name: Roasted Turnip Soup With Honey Cream
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4-6 c, 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 lbs turnips, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks; 1 large onion, diced; 6 garlic cloves, peeled; 1 leek, washed well and chopped; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 2 1/2 cups vegetables or 2 1/2 cups chicken stock; 2 cups milk or 2 cups cream; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup sour cream; 2 teaspoons heavy cream; 1 tablespoon honey

Submitted by WeBees

"This is a creamy great comfort soup for winter time. It is simple but elegant served with the honey cream. Recipe taken from "Edible Chesapeake" Magazine, Winter 2007"

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Ready In:: 2hrs
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 4-6 c
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

2 lbs turnips, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
1 large onion, diced
6 garlic cloves, peeled
1 leek, washed well and chopped
1 teaspoon dried thyme
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 ¹⁄₂ cups vegetables or 2 1/2 cups chicken stock
2 cups milk or 2 cups cream
³⁄₄ teaspoon salt
honey cream (recipe follows)
¹⁄₂ cup sour cream
2 teaspoons heavy cream
1 tablespoon honey

directions

Preheat oven to 425°F.
Bring large pot of lightly salted water to boil. Blanch the turnips for 3 minute.
Drain and rinse with cold water. Lightly towel dry the turnips.
Toss turnips, onions, leeks, garlic and thyme in oil in a large bowl. Spread on a baking sheet or dish in a single layer. Roast in preheated oven for approximately 1 hour, stirring and turning every 15 minute or so until browned evenly.
Place roasted vegetables in a soup pot. Add 3/4 cup of water to pan vegetables were roasted in, scrape bits and juices and add to soup pot.
Add the stock, milk, cream and salt to pot. Bring almost to boil and partially cover. Reduce heat to simmer an cook for about 30 min or until turnips are quite tender. In a blender, puree the soup in batches.
Strain through food mill or strainer to create creamy fine consistency.
Serve with Honey Cream.
Honey Cream: Mix ingredients from above together well.

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Charleston, South Carolina

My mom taught me to cook and to appreciate eating (which I believe she inherited from her father). She gifted me this membership so I'm grateful, thank's Cucina Casalingo! I am married to one of the world's pickiest eaters so I'm challenged to find things that I can make and share with him, no kids. I own my own business as a Professional Organizer. I'm an avid gardener and crafter and love to cook with fresh locally grown foods. I am a member of a CSA and I believe in fresh local and organic! The path to our healthy future is lined with these goodies! Spread the word, then feast!

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