Pear Soup

Name: Pear Soup
Ingredients: The soup; 1 red onion diced; 2 Jerusalem artichokes diced; 3 pears peeled, cored and diced; 3 sage leafs cut in strips; 2 tbs sherry vinegar; 1 liter veal stock; butter; salt; pepper; Garnish; Some diced pear; 1 slice of bread diced; 3 mushrooms chopped; butter; a few strips of crisp savoy cappage

16 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

The soup
1 red onion diced
2 Jerusalem artichokes diced
3 pears peeled, cored and diced
3 sage leafs cut in strips
2 tbs sherry vinegar
1 liter veal stock
butter
salt
pepper
Garnish
Some diced pear
1 slice of bread diced
3 mushrooms chopped
butter
a few strips of crisp savoy cappage

Directions

1

In a cast iron pot melt butter and saute onions, Jerusalem artichokes, sage and pear.
2

Add the sherry vinegar and let it reduce a bit before adding the stock.
3

Cook at a gentle boil for about 25 minutes. Then blend the soup. Put it back in the pot, adjust taste with salt and pepper.
4

Make garnish by sauteing pear, mushroom and bread in a little butter until the bread is crisp and the mushroom cooked but before the the pear turns mushy.
5

To serve: Ladle into soup bowl and garnish first with the strips of cabbage and then with the sauteed bread, pear and mushroom mixture.