Cream of Parsnip Soup with Sage and Smoked Salmon
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With a combination of sweet and smoky, this cream of parsnip soup with sage and smoked salmon is the perfect winter soup. It's velvety, hearty, healthy and flavourful, and so easy to make, what more could you wish for?
Author: Stella
Recipe type: Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb (or 500 gr) parsnip
- 3-4 bigger potatoes
- a cc. 9 inch leek (or 3-4 scallions or 1 onion) *
- 8 cups (or 2 litres) water or (vegetable) broth **
- 1 cup (or 2 decilitre) cream ***
- 1 tbsp sage (fresh or dried)
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 6 oz (or 150 gr) smoked salmon ****
- few branches of fresh dill
Instructions
- Peel, wash and dice the parsnip, potatoes and leek.
- Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the leek (or scallions/onion if you use that), sauté until translucent.
- Add the parsnip, potatoes and sage to the leek and cook for 5-6 minutes.
- Pour the water or (vegetable) broth over the vegetables, season with salt and pepper, cover the pan and let it simmer for about 20 minutes until the parsnip and potatoes have softened.
- If the vegetables are cooked through, pour the soup in your blender (or you can use your immersion blender) and puree until smooth. (Be careful as not to burn yourself, or if you have time, you can let the soup cool down before pureeing it.)
- Cut up the salmon into bite sized bits and add them, as well as the cream to the pureed soup. Stir well and if you find the soup too thick add some tablespoons of water/broth as well as salt if needed.
- Serve warm, topped with salmon bits and sprinkled with fresh dill. Enjoy!
Notes
* You may use leek, scallions or regular onion for this soup, depending on what you have at home, or even mixing them.
** If you have broth or vegetable broth at home, feel free to use that for a more flavourful taste, but if you don't have either simply pour water on top of the vegetables and let them infuse the water with their taste.
*** You may use non-dairy cream if you wish.
**** For a more intense salmon flavour you may add some salmon bits to the vegetables as they are cooking, that way the taste of the salmon will be much more pronounced.
** If you have broth or vegetable broth at home, feel free to use that for a more flavourful taste, but if you don't have either simply pour water on top of the vegetables and let them infuse the water with their taste.
*** You may use non-dairy cream if you wish.
**** For a more intense salmon flavour you may add some salmon bits to the vegetables as they are cooking, that way the taste of the salmon will be much more pronounced.
Recipe by Stellicious Life at http://stelliciouslife.com/cream-of-parsnip-soup-with-sage-and-smoked-salmon/