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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. To make the soup, you simply place all the ingredients, except the crème fraiche or cream, in a large saucepan. | 2. Season lightly with salt and pepper, bring up to simmering point, then put a lid on and simmer very gently for 45 minutes. | 3. While that is happening, you can prepare the croutons. | 4. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and cook the bacon gently for 5 minutes, then turn the heat up to its highest setting, add the cubes of bread, together with the thyme, and toss them around (keeping them constantly on the move) until they, and the bacon, have turned a deep golden brown colour and become very crisp and crunchy. | 5. Take them out & leave them to cool on some absorbent kitchen paper. | 6. As soon as the soup is ready, add the crème fraiche or cream & mix well - allow it to cool slightly, and then transfer it to a blender and purée until smooth. (You may need to do this in more than one batch, in which case, it is a good idea to have a bowl to put the soup in as it is ready.). | 7. Re-heat the soup in the pan, season to taste and serve in warmed soup bowls, with the croutons, bacon and thyme sprinkled over. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chestnut	7	ounces	cooked peeled	444.528	97.3794	8.3349	2.2028
celery	1	stalk	trimmed chopped	10.24	1.9008	0.4416	0.1088
onion	1		peeled chopped	28.0	6.537999999999999	0.77	0.07
carrot	1		peeled chopped	20.5	4.79	0.465	0.12
ham	2	pints		-	-	-	-
salt black pepper			ground	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
creme fraiche	1/2			100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
lardons	4	ounces	cubed	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
thyme leave	1/2	teaspoon	chopped	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
white bread	4	ounces	day-old cut	175.7669	25.5599	12.3717	2.6875
olive oil	4	tablespoons		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.