Silken Sunchoke Soup Recipe

Name: Silken Sunchoke Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: Sunchoke Soup With Apples and Lentils; Total Time: 35 minutes Serves: 6; Ingredients; 1/4 cup black lentils; Pinch salt, plus more, to taste; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 1 large white onion, peeled and thinly sliced; 1 leek, trimmed and thinly sliced; 4 shallots, peeled and thinly sliced; 5 cloves garlic; 2 celery stalks, sliced 1/2-inch thick; 2 pounds sunchokes, all but 2 pieces (about 3 inches each) peeled and cut into 1/2-inch coins; 8 cups vegetable stock or water; 1 whole star anise; 5 cloves garlic, roughly sliced; 10 coriander seeds; 1/2 cinnamon stick; 1 tablespoon peeled, minced ginger; White pepper, to taste; 1/2 cup apples cut into 1/4-inch dice; 1 tablespoon chopped chives

Servings: persons

Sunchoke Soup With Apples and Lentils
Total Time: 35 minutes Serves: 6
Ingredients
1/4 cup black lentils
Pinch salt, plus more, to taste
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 large white onion, peeled and thinly sliced
1 leek, trimmed and thinly sliced
4 shallots, peeled and thinly sliced
5 cloves garlic
2 celery stalks, sliced 1/2-inch thick
2 pounds sunchokes, all but 2 pieces (about 3 inches each) peeled and cut into 1/2-inch coins
8 cups vegetable stock or water
1 whole star anise
5 cloves garlic, roughly sliced
10 coriander seeds
1/2 cinnamon stick
1 tablespoon peeled, minced ginger
White pepper, to taste
1/2 cup apples cut into 1/4-inch dice
1 tablespoon chopped chives

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What To Do
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1. Set a small pot of water over high heat and bring to a boil. Add lentils and pinch salt and simmer until lentils are just tender, about 15 minutes. Drain.
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2. Meanwhile, make soup: Set a deep pot over medium heat and swirl in 2 tablespoons oil. Add onions, leeks, shallots, garlic and celery. Sweat until softened and translucent, 3-4 minutes. Add sunchokes and sweat until slightly softened, 1-2 minutes more.
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3. Add enough stock to just cover vegetables and raise heat to high. Wrap spices and ginger in cheesecloth, secure with kitchen twine and add sachet to pot. Once soup comes to a boil, reduce heat to medium-high and simmer steadily until sunchokes are fork-tender, 20-30 minutes.
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4. While vegetables simmer, assemble garnish: Peel and cut reserved sunchokes into 1/4-inch dice. Set a medium pan over medium heat and swirl in remaining oil. Once hot, saute diced sunchokes until tender and golden all over, about 5 minutes.
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5. Mix sauteed sunchokes with cooked lentils, apples and chives. Season with salt to taste. Set aside.
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6. Once vegetables have simmered, set a sieve over a large bowl and pour soup through to separate vegetables from stock. Discard sachet and reserve stock. In a food processor, puree vegetables until smooth.
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7. Return pureed vegetables to pot and stir in enough stock to create a loose yet creamy consistency. Bring mixture back to a simmer and season with salt and white pepper to taste.
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8. To serve, ladle soup into bowls and place a large spoonful of sunchoke-apple-lentil garnish in center of each bowl.

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Tips for the best results

Read through all the steps once before you start and measure out your ingredients first — it makes everything go more smoothly.
Taste as you go and adjust the seasoning before serving.
Avoid overcrowding the pan — cook in batches if needed for the best texture.
Let the dish rest for a few minutes before serving so the flavors settle.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and enjoy within a few days.

Variations & substitutions

Feel free to swap in similar ingredients you already have on hand and adjust seasoning to taste.

No specific allergen information. Please check the ingredient list for possible allergens.

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This recipe makes 4 servings. You can adjust the portion size directly on this page.

You need 21 ingredients. The key ingredients include: Sunchoke Soup With Apples and Lentils, Total Time: 35 minutes Serves: 6, Ingredients, 1/4 cup black lentils, and more.

Yes, Silken Sunchoke Soup falls under the Soups & Stews category and is a great choice for this type of meal.

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3–4 days. Reheat gently before serving.

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Silken Sunchoke Soup

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