Roasted Parsnip and Vanilla Chocolate Soup

Ingredients

• 2 pounds parsnips (about 4 or 5 large parsnips)
• 1/4 cup canola oil (2 tablespoons to brush on parsnips and 2 tablespoons to brush on bread for croutons)
• 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick or 1/2 cup)
• 1 large white onion, chopped
• 2 quarts chicken stock
• 1 whole vanilla bean, preferably Tahitian (sold 1 or two to a jar in the spice section of the store) or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract (preferably from real vanilla bean as opposed to artificial flavoring)
• Salt and pepper
• 1 loaf French bread
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder
• 1 cup vanilla white chocolate chips (recommended: Hershey's Premier White Chips)
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 fresh lemon or lime, halved crosswise (1/2 to squeeze into batch of soup and 1/2 to cut into wedges to serve to guests)
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh dill leaves

AI Chef 

Ask AI

Personal Notes 

Save Notes

Organization Tags 

Save Tag