Serves 6
- 1 onion
- 3 oz bacon
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 tablespoon Brandy
- 1 lb peeled, pre-cooked chestnuts
- 1 qt broth
- Crème fraîche or sour cream
Chestnut Soup
This simple, hearty soup makes a good fall or winter starter. Chestnuts used to be standard fare in the French countryside, most of the time cooked in milk for supper. The soup is extremely easy to prepare with peeled, pre-cooked chestnuts. It is quite an ordeal to make it with whole raw chestnuts, though!