Fennel Honey and Thyme Soup

soup - cream-of-fennel-soup-with-honey-and-thyme  

Ingredients

  • 50g butter  
  • 3 or 4 leeks chopped white and green parts only  
  • 2 sticks celery cut into slices    
  • 2 roots of fennel    chopped
  • 2 potatoes        
  • 1 tsp of Thyme    
  • 2 cormes of garlic    chopped
  • 750ml chicken stock    
  • 3 tsp of Ricard    
  • 125ml creme fraiche    
  • 1 table spoon honey 
 

Directions

  1. Heat the butter in a frying pan, add the leeks, celery, fennel and thyme. Season with salt and pepper
  2. Cover and cook gently for 15 minutes
  3. Add garlic and cook, uncovered, 1 minute
  4. add potatoes chicken stock and simmer for 20min
  5. Puree in a liquidiser until smooth. 
  6. Add the Ricard, creme fraiche and some more stock if it is too thick.
  7. Serve with a drizzle of honey.