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Cream of garlic & saffron soup
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Cream of garlic & saffron soup

12 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes
Cream of garlic & saffron soup

Brian Glover's creamy soup is perfect served as a dinner party starter or as a tasty and light supper

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

617
Calories
38g
Protein
21g
Fat
63g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Saffron not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • good pinch saffron threads
  • 85g butter
  • 3 large heads green garlic , outer skin removed and roughly chopped
  • 2 medium onions , sliced
  • 2 sticks celery , chopped
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tbsp dry sherry
  • 1.2l chicken or vegetable stock
  • 3 tbsp risotto or long grain rice
  • 142ml carton double cream
  • lemon juice
  • crisp croûton , to serve

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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