Sunchoke Soup with Fennel
A beautiful winter/spring soup that uses the subtle flavor of sunchokes paired with fennel and potatoes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Soup
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 pound sunchokes
- 1 pound Russet potatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium shallot (diced)
- ¼ pound fennel bulb (diced)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 2 cups water
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup cream
- Fennel fronds (for topping)
- Cream (for topping)
- Black Pepper (for topping)
Instructions
- Juice half a lemon and set the juice aside. Place extra lemon juice and the squeezed lemon half in a bowl with water. Peel and cube the sunchokes. Place in a bowl with the lemon water. Peel and cube the potatoes, set aside.
- Heat a stock pot over medium-low heat. Add the olive oil followed by the shallots and fennel. Cook until both are translucent and fragrant, 5 to 6 minutes. Add in the minced garlic and cook for another minute or two.
- Stir in the sunchokes and potatoes followed by the water and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until potatoes and sunchokes are tender, 10 minutes or so. Stir in the lemon juice.
- Carefully transfer the soup to a blender and puree until smooth. Add more water as needed to reach a soup consistency you like. Transfer the soup back to the pot and heat until warm. Add the cream right before serving.
- Divide the soup into two bowls and add a drizzle of cream and top with chopped fennel fronds and fresh cracked black pepper.
Notes
Tips & Tricks: You could replace all or part of the water with vegetable broth- I just like the flavor to be better without the broth (and the color stays beautiful!)
Stock up: get the pantry ingredients you will need: sunchokes, fennel, cream
Nutrition: see the information.
Nutrition
- Calories: 328
- Sugar: 14.9
- Sodium: 188.5
- Fat: 14.6
- Carbohydrates: 46.7
- Fiber: 4.7
- Protein: 6.2
- Cholesterol: 40.8
Find it online: https://naturallyella.com/fennel-sunchoke-soup/