Fennel Apple Soup Recipes

FENNEL SOUP GRATIN

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the fennel, onions, and thyme and saute for 20 to 25 minutes, until the onions and fennel are very tender and caramelized. (You can add a little water if it starts to stick.) Deglaze the pan by adding the brandy; reduce the heat to medium and cook for 3 minutes, scraping the bottom of the pan. Add the sherry and white wine and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add the chicken stock, salt, and pepper and continue to cook, uncovered, for another 15 minutes. Add the Pernod and cook for 5 more minutes. Check for salt and pepper.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Ladle the soup into 6 to 8 ovenproof bowls and place 1 or 2 slices of French bread and a handful of Gruyère cheese on top of each bowl. Place the bowls on a baking sheet and slide them under the broiler for 3 minutes, or until the cheese is brown and bubbly, and serve.

APPLE AND FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Finely chop fennel, reserving the herb. Finely chop leeks, 3 apples, onion, zucchini, carrots, basil and tarragon.
• In large saucepan, cook the vegetables in the butter until soft, about 10 minutes. Add chicken stock and simmer 45 minutes.
• Puree soup in food processor or electric blender and, if possible, pass through a food mill with a medium-size blade. Return puree to pot. Add salt and pepper.
• To serve, add Pernod if desired and garnish with remaining thin slices of apple and fennel herb.

APPLE FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine broth, water, wine, apples, carrots, onion, fennel, bay leaf, thyme, and peppercorns; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 20 minutes.
• Strain soup, reserving liquid.
• Remove bay leaf from apple-vegetable mixture in strainer.
• In blender or food processor, puree mixture; add reserved liquid and blend well.
• Reheat soup, if necessary; ladle into soup bowls and serve with a dollop of yogurt if desired.

FENNEL, GARLIC AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat and add the onion, celery, chopped fennel and a generous pinch of salt. Cook gently for about 5 to 8 minutes, until the vegetables have softened and lost some of their volume. Add the potatoes, garlic, bouquet garni and the water or stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, add salt to taste, cover and simmer 45 minutes.
• Remove the bouquet garni. Blend the soup until smooth with an immersion blender, or ladle into a blender, working in 1 1/2-cup batches. Remove the center from the blender cover, place a towel over the cover and pull it down tightly to prevent splashing. Blend and return to the pot. Heat through, add salt and pepper to taste and serve, or chill and serve cold, with your choice of garnishes.

FENNEL CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add fennel; cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until lightly toasted. Add carrots, sweet potato and apple; cook and stir 5 minutes longer. , Stir in broth, rice, bay leaf and curry powder; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 30 minutes or until vegetables and rice are soft. , Remove from heat; cool slightly. Discard bay leaf. Process in batches in a blender until smooth; return to pan. Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with parsley.

FENNEL APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Heat olive oil in a large pot.
• 2. Saute onion over low or medium heat for 10-15 minutes until soft and almost browned.
• 3. Add fennel and apples and cook for 5-10 minutes until they start to soften or brown.
• 4. Add chicken stock and thyme.
• 5. Puree soup in small batches (for safety purposes) in a vita-mix until smooth and creamy.
• 6. Reheat soup and serve.