French Market Recipe 2024 31 Soupe aux echalottes et du Comte Shallot and Comte soup

French Market Recipe 2024 31
Soupe aux echalottes et du Comte
Shallot and Comte soup
Ingredients serves 6

• 9 shallots
• 1 ½ teaspoons Herbes de Provence
• 100gr butter
• 6 slices bread
• 250g Comte du Jura from the French Market shop
• 150ml thick cream
• 50 ml canola oil
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 litres water

Directions:
Filling:

1. Grate the Comte
2. Peel the shallots and slice thinly
3. Fry shallots in the oil in a large saucepan, until lightly coloured
4. Stir in the flour and 1 teaspoon Herbes de Provence, then add the water and stir again,
5. Simmer in open pot for 30 minutes, stirring from time to time
6. Add salt and pepper to taste
7. Warm a large soup tureen or serve in individual bowls
8. Remove crusts from bread and cut in finger width strips
9. Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the bread on both sides until golden
10. Place a layer of the fried bread in the bottom of the bowl
11. Top this with a layer of grated comte
12. Cover with another layer of fried bread and top with layer of grated Comte
13. Ladle the shallot soup over the bread
14. Pour the cream over the top of the soup

Serve straight away while hot, sprinkle the top of each bowl of soup with a little Herbes de Provence and pair with a glass of Pavillon St Pierre Cote du Rhone available from our shop or online at www.frenchmarket.co.za.

Bon Appétit!