Topinambur Cream
Topinambour, or Jerusalem Arthichoke, as it is also known, makes a wonderfully creamy and satisfying soup. This soup is gluten free, vegetarian and vegan friendly and very delicious.
Ingredients
- 200 g (7 ounces) sunchokes
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil, optional
- 80 g (½ cup) onion, peeled, diced
- ½ carrot
- ½ stalk celery, diced
- 480 ml (2 cups) vegetable broth
- ½ teaspoon salt, optional
Directions
- Cook the onion, carrot and celery in olive oil over medium-low heat for approximately 5 minutes while cleaning sunchokes.
- Clean, peel and slice the sunchokes and add them to the vegetables. Add vegetable broth and salt and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Carefully transfer the cooked vegetables, broth, and salt to the Vitamix container and secure the lid.
- Start the machine and increase speed to Variable 10.
- Blend for 40 seconds, until smooth and creamy. Garnish with parsley and serve.
Nutrition Information
| Serving Size | 240 ml (1 cup) |
| Amount Per Servings | |
| Calories | 170 |
| Total Fat | 7 |
| Saturated Fat | 1 |
| Sodium | 1250 |
| Total Carbohydrate | 23 |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 |
| Protein | 3 |
