I have at last embraced the whole January thing - as in "eat more healthily", "lose those lbs/kg gathered over Christmas(/last year!)", "be a bit more frugal" you know where I'm going. My new year's resolutions have a fairly elastic starting date (it gets more elastic with every cake I bake/see!), but Brownieville Boy #1's return to school after the holidays, became the first day of the new, improved me!
This month's No Croutons Required challenge was to prepare a veggie soup or salad with rice - I had some chestnut puree in the fridge, which had to be used and I decided to go the obvious route with it and make a chestnut and mushroom soup - I added some risotto rice (which made the soup lovely and substantial), it made a tasty, filling dish - low in fat, but full of flavour .... result!! Just what the doctor/dietitian/resolution watchdog ordered.
Healthy meal - tick
Used up the leftovers - tick
The chestnuts are nearly finished, you'll be glad to know!!!
Mushroom and Chestnut Soup
500g mushrooms
1 large onion
1 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp chestnut puree
1 ltr mushroom/veg stock (I buy porcini stock cubes every time I go to Italy)
1 tbsp dried porcini mushrooms - crumbled.
2 tbsp risotto rice
Gently fry the onions in the oil, until they begin to soften.
Add the mushrooms, which you have chopped up (finely if you don't want to puree the soup later).
Meanwhile make up your stock and add the dried porcini mushrooms.
When the mushrooms have cooked down add the chestnut puree and the rice, stir well.
Add the stock and porcini mushrooms.
Allow to simmer until the rice is cooked.
Blitz - I use a hand held blitzer.
Serve and enjoy.
16 comments:
This definitely a soup my son would enjoy!
It's most certainly difficukt keeping resolutions....thats why I don't make em hehe. But this soup looks so flavorful, it being healthy isn't even a bigger factor!
I'm with you - new year resolutions should totally have elasticated dates on them lol. Interesting soup by the way, I owuld never have thought of using chestnuts in a soup. Bet it tastes amazing ;0)
It sounds delicious. I have bought more chestnuts today - what is wrong with me?
What, no chocolate??? Great lunchtime filler too I bet.
Sounds delicious but I did think it was chocolate when I saw the photo! Hee hee.
Well done on nearly using up all your chestnuts - can't wait to see what you do with the last of them!
Can't say I remember what chestnuts taste like. I had them once in Greek stuffing. I have never seen chestnut puree. The soup sound delicious though. You always make good things!!
wow a chestnut soup bet this was delicious
Never heard of chestnut soup and it didn't know that chestnut can be made in a puree. That is very interesting. I will sure try it out!
How unique this must be! I bet the mushroom and chesnut went fabulously together.
Oh I love vegetarian recipes, I use to make them . . . this sound good!
Ha! I can't resist a pun either my daaaaaaaaaahling. It does sound souper indeed :D
*kisses* HH
ahhh chestnuts again... I have a very similar recipe to this which actually uses a whole tin of chestnut puree... y'know, the one thats a bit like pumpkin puree... oh and by the way, I thought it was a bowl of chocolate soup at first glance... is there such a thing?... there should be!
Nice soup and such a great entry. Bet it packed a punch of flavour!
Lots of mushroom goodness in this soup. Thank you for this entry.
Chestnuts sound very intruiging. Unfortunatly, I only know them from Christmas songs. I'm not sure where to buy them here.
I just love the woodsiness of this - chestnuts and mushrooms - great for an autumn picnic...or a spring one at that.
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