Chestnut Soup With Rosemary Pesto

A warming and delicious cool weather soup, this hearty chestnut and pancetta soup will leave you feeling souper!

The ingredient of Chestnut Soup With Rosemary Pesto

1kg fresh chestnuts or 800g peeled vacuum packed pre cooked chestnuts
80ml 1 3 cup olive oil
2 onions finely chopped
3 celery sticks chopped
125g mild pancetta chopped
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
2 garlic cloves crushed
1 red skinned potato peeled chopped
1 5l 6 cups massel chicken style liquid stock
150ml thick cream
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
1 garlic clove
20g pine nuts roasted
sea salt
40g parmesan cheese grated
100ml extra virgin olive oil

The Instruction of chestnut soup with rosemary pesto

preheat oven to 200u00b0c if using fresh chestnuts use a sharp knife to cut a cross into the flat side of the chestnuts transfer to a baking tray and bake for about 30 minutes until chestnuts feel quite soft set aside until cool enough to handle they peel much better when warm then use a small knife to remove the shells and any furry skins set aside
heat oil in a large saucepan add the onion celery pancetta rosemary and garlic and cook over low heat for 5 6 minutes until the onion softens and the mixture just starts to turn golden add chestnuts potato and stock season then bring to the boil reduce heat to low and simmer partially covered for 45 minutes
meanwhile to make the rosemary pesto place the rosemary garlic and pine nuts in a mortar and pestle or a small food processor and pound together adding a good pinch of sea salt stir in the cheese then gradually add the olive oil until it is a smooth paste
set aside the soup to cool slightly then blend in batches return to the pan stir in the cream and reheat serve drizzled with the rosemary pesto

Nutritions of Chestnut Soup With Rosemary Pesto

calories: 505 724 calories
calories: 43 grams fat
calories: 12 grams saturated fat
calories: 18 grams carbohydrates
calories: 6 grams sugar
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calories: 12 grams protein
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calories: 1442 68 milligrams sodium
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