Artichoke Cream Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 large artichokes or 3 medium artichokes, split
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 3 slices lemons
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots
• 1 cup cream
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 cook artichokes in chicken stock with lemon slices until tender, about 30 to 45 minutes.
• 2 discard lemons and removes artichokes from stock.
• 3 reserve stock, cool artichokes.
• 4 peel stems and mash with one of the artichoke bottoms.
• 5 dice and reserve remaining bottoms.
• 6 scrape pulp from leaves and combine with the mashed artichoke and reserved stock.
• 7 add shallots and cream.
• 8 simmer 5 minutes, strain, season to taste and add diced artichoke.
• 9 serve!