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Du Barry Cream Soup
Du Barry Cream Soup
Du Barry Cream Soup
Du Barry Cream Soup
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Description:
Du Barry Cream Soup fit for a Comtesse is named after the Comtesse du Barry, a favorite mistress of King Louis XV. Dishes labeled with her name, du Barry, will contain cauliflower. This soup is one of my favorite cream soups; simple and very tasty, a French classic. |
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Preparation:
Prepare the vegetables: Cut off the end of the leek. Split the leek in 4 and wash under cold running water. Cut in Paysanne. Cut the cauliflower in 4. Cut diagonally each quarter to separate the bouquets. Set it aside in a bath of cold water with a dash of white vinegar. Peel and halve the onion. Trim off the end and cut the onion. Wash the vegetables. Cut some cauliflower florets and reserve. Peel and cut the potato and set it aside in cold water.Cooking the soup: Melt the butter in a pot on a low heat. Add the onion and sweat for 3 minutes. Add the cut leek and sweat for 2 minutes. Add the cauliflower and potato. Cover with chicken stock and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and cook for 30 minutes. Add seasoning according to taste. Add the cream and cook for 7 to 10 minutes. In the meantime blanch the florets for 3 to 4 minutes. Refresh and reserve. Process the soup in a blender until very smooth. Serve: Heat the florets in boiling water for few seconds. Serve the soup in hot soup bowls preheated at 150 |
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Notes:
Meet the countess: Marie- Jeanne B‚cu countess du Barry (born Aug. 19, 1743, Vaucouleurs, France - died Dec. 8, 1793, Paris) French mistress of Louis XV. Paris shop assistant, she became the mistress of Jean du Barry, who introduced her into Parisian high society. Admired for her beauty, she joined Louis XV's court in 1769 after a nominal marriage to Jean's brother, a nobleman, qualified her as Louis's official royal mistress.
Though she exercised little political influence, her unpopularity contributed to the decline of the prestige of the crown in the early 1770s. After Louis's death (1774), she was banished from court. In the French Revolution she was condemned as a counterrevolutionary and guillotined. |
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