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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal265
  • fat7g
    low
  • saturates2g
  • carbs34g
  • sugars14g
  • fibre12g
  • protein9g
  • salt1.3g
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Method

  • step 1

    Fry the rashers of bacon in the oil until crisp. Scoop out half the bacon and set aside until later. Add the onion and garlic to the pan, stirring until tender, then add the parsnips. Cook for another 5 mins, then crumble in the chicken stock cube. Add the milk, 600ml water, the thyme and chestnuts. Cover and simmer for 30 mins until the parsnip is tender. Blitz with a hand blender, then season to taste. Ladle into bowls and top with the reserved bacon.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2014

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.18 ratings

jcosmogjJmJVjGv

A very good recipe - nice creamy result with a good taste of chestnut and parsnip. Very easy to make.

macailaf

Awful!!

Made what i thought was the same recipe last year and it was lovely.... this was not! Way to much chestnut, grainy even with lots of hand blending....needless to say I threw it awsu rather than serve this! Wasye of timecand energy!

manphy1

Can you freeze this soup

rosemary Jacquet

question

why 6 parsnips ? Why can't recipes give a weight for the vegetables. We grow our own , and 6 of our parsnips would make soup for a month . ?

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goodfoodteam

The parsnips in this recipe are medium-sized and the weight doesn't need to be exact. We'd suggest using the equivalent of this, so perhaps 3 if they are very big.

Pacificgirl5

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

This was wonderful! I had a jar of French chestnuts leftover from Christmas, and this soup was a great way to use them! The only thing I added was 1/4tsp of cayenne at the end of cooking just to 'lift' the dominant sweetness of the parsnips and bring out the savory flavors from the bacon.

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