This summer soup can be made light or heavy depending upon your preference, but is delicious either way. The crêpes are also quite light, and would make an excellent appetizer or small breakfast.
Scandinavian Summer Soup
Ingredients:
serves 3-4
2 cups fresh cauliflower florets
2 cups sliced carrots
1/2 cup sliced green onion, garlic scapes, or a mix
1 tsp dill
3 tablespoons of butter or margarine
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 cup milk
1 & 1/2 cup of cream
2 slightly beaten egg yolks
2 cups torn fresh spinach, or 1 cup frozen
6-8 largish radishes, sliced
Directions
In a large covered saucepan, cook cauliflower, carrots, green onion, garlic scapes and dillweed in boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Drain, keep 1 cup of the drained stock.
In a large dutch oven, or stew pot melt butter or margarine. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper. Add the reserved stock from the vegetables, the milk, and cream all at once. Cook and stir until it’s been thick and bubbly for about a minute. Slowly stir roughly 1 cup of the hot mixture into the egg yolk; return to the saucepan with the remaining cream sauce. Cook and stir over low heat 2 minutes more. Stir in cooked vegetables, spinach and radishes. Heat through.
BC Mushroom Crêpes
Ingredients:
3/4 cup milk
3 large eggs
1/3 to 1/2 cup bread flour
2 tsp unsalted butter
1/4 tsp sugar
freshly ground pepper
1 tsp chopped fresh/dry tarragon
1 tsp chopped fresh chives
1 1/2 cups morel mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups oyster mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 tbsp olive oil
1 pound camembert, or ricotta cheese room temperature
1 tbsp asiago cheese
Directions:
Place milk, eggs, 1/3 cup flour, butter, sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; combine well using a whisk. This mixture should be the consistency of heavy cream. If mixture is too thin, add more flour. Add tarragon, and chives, let stand 15 minutes.