Almond Soup

Almond Soup

Ingredients:

• Almonds 20-25
• Butter 1-1/2 tbsp
• Cloves 5-6
• Onion (chopped) 1
• Carrot (chopped) 1
• White sauce 1 cup
• Milk 2 cups
• Salt to taste
• White pepper powder 1/4 tsp
• Fresh cream 1/2 cup

For White Sauce:

• Butter 2 tbsp
• Flour 2 tbsp
• Milk 1 cup
• Salt a pinch
• Black pepper a pinch
• Milk to thin the sauce

Method:

• To make the white sauce first melt butter, add in the flour toast it and add the salt and black pepper and remove from stove and add the milk. Keep aside. Soak the almonds in warm water for half an hour. Peel and slice half of them into thin slivers. Toast them till golden. Heat the butter, add cloves, onion and carrot and sauté till translucent. Add the remaining half of the almonds and sauté for a few minutes. Add one cup of water and boil for five minutes. Strain and make a puree of vegetables and almonds. Dilute the white sauce with milk or water and mix it with the puree. Put in a pan and heat. Bring it to boil, reduce heat, add cream and simmer for five minutes. Adjust salt and pepper powder. Garnish with the toasted almond slivers and serve hot.