Chestnut Soup

Chestnut soup is a delicious and festive vegan soup just bursting with flavour. A perfect soup to serve up as a Christmas Day appetizer!

Even if not eaten around Christmas this chestnut soup makes for a brilliant winter warmer.

It's packed with the flavour of beautiful soft chunks of chestnuts.

Complimented with healthy medley of seasonal vegetables topped off with sweet chopped rosemary.

You can even make this into a creamy chestnut soup too by puréeing it at the end of the cooking process and using crème fraîche to give it a creamy affect without adding too many calories.

So why not make something different instead of your usual Christmas Day starter?

Last year I was searching our supermarkets high and low to get my hands on a bag of fresh chestnuts but was unsuccessful.

You see I'd planned to make this last year and because I couldn't its been on my to-make list since then!

So, as soon as I saw chestnuts in a supermarket in November I just bought them straight away and I've made several batches for our freezer.

Of course since I found them, I now see them every time when I'm in the supermarket as you can get them mostly all year round in the freezer section, vacuum packed. So you don't have to wait until Christmas to find them fresh!

I made this hearty earthy soup as my contribution towards our Christmas dinner when I lived my parents.

Already then (I was about 15) I was interested in old fashioned ingredients and old fashioned recipes. Of which this chestnut soup was one.

This soup went down really well.

Everyone commented how it tasted a bit earthy but was contrasted by it's slighly sweet taste and it was delicious!

Everybody loved it! It's only taken me 30 years to recreate it. LOL.

Anyway, not only are Chestnuts a great inexpensive ingredient to use in your recipes they are extremely good for you too!

Jump to:

• 💭 Why Are Chestnuts Good For You?
• 🥘 Ingredients
• 🔪 How To Make Chestnut Soup
• 💭 FAQ's
• 🥣 Other Soup Recipes You Might Also Like
• 📋 Chestnut Soup Recipe
• 🧾 Nutrition Label
• ⭐ Rate The Recipe

💭 Why Are Chestnuts Good For You?

• Chestnuts are both low in fat and high in fibre.
• Nearly all the fat is unsaturated (a good fat).
• They are a valuable source of protein.
• Chestnuts contain calcium helping to build strong bones and teeth.
• Vitamin E is a key vitamin found in chestnuts which helps to keep our eyes and skin healthy.

🥘 Ingredients

• Cooked Chestnuts - to cook your chestnuts either roast in a pre-heated oven for about 10 minutes at 200°C Fan. Or simmer in boiling water for about 10 minutes, then peel. 
• Celery
• Onions
• Clove Garlic
• Carrot
• Vegetable Stock - you can use chicken stock if you don't need this to be vegan.
• Freshly Ground Salt And Black Pepper
• Chopped Fresh Rosemary - or use freshly chopped parsley.

See recipe card for quantities.

🔪 How To Make Chestnut Soup

Detailed instructions are in the recipe card below. But here is a quick step by step guide of how to make this easy chestnut soup recipe:

1. Place all the ingredients, except the rosemary into a large saucepan.
2. Bring to the boil, then turn down to simmer for approximately 40 minutes.
3. Season to taste, garnish with the fresh rosemary and serve.

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💭 FAQ's

Can I Freeze Chestnut Soup?

Yes you can freeze chestnut soup. I find it’s best to portion the soup into individual airtight containers then freeze.

How To Make Creamy Chestnut Soup?

After simmering the vegetables until soft and before adding the garnish, purée the soup and use crème fraîche (or double cream / heavy cream if you don't mind the calories) to give it a creamy affect to taste.

How Many Calories Are In A Chestnut?

There are only 197 calories in this chestnut soup. Compared to other nuts Chestnuts are lower in fat and calories.

Make Your Chestnut Soup Even More Festive?

If you want to add a little indulgent festive cheer to this chestnut soup recipe then add a tablespoon of sweet sherry!

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🧾 Nutrition Label

Nutritional information provided below is calculated using paid for online tools and the exact ingredients and quantities used above.

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