Ingredients
Salsa:
- 1/2 cup diced fresh pineapple
- 1 blood orange, peel and pith removed, cut into supremes and diced
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger
- 1 serrano chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Soup:
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 large ripe plantains, peeled and sliced on the diagonal into 1 1/2inch pieces
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano, crumbled
- 2 leeks, white parts only, well rinsed and finely sliced
- 2 medium parsnips, peeled and finely chopped
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 3 cups milk
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions
In a small glass bowl, combine all the ingredients for the salsa and toss together gently. Cover and refrigerate for up to 4 hours before using. In a large heavy skillet, heat the butter over medium heat. Add the plantains with their flat sides down and saute for about 2 minutes, or until slightly softened but not brown. Turn to the other side, add the oregano, leeks and parsnips, cover the pan and cook until all the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Transfer the vegetables to a food processor and puree until smooth, pulsing the machine and scraping down the sides of the machine as necessary. Add 2 cups of the chicken stock, puree to mix, and transfer the mixture to a medium saucepan. Whisk in the remaining chicken stock and the milk, add the lemon juice, and place the pan over mediumhigh heat. When the soup comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover the pan and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the salt and pepper. Serve in shallow soup bowls, garnished with a dollop of the salsa.
















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By lakrabid_7123759
Tehachapi, CA
on September 24, 2009
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This is the first dish I've made with plantains. They are amazing and very tasty. The soup is so flavorful and the salsa is just incredible (and beautiful. I didn't add as much milk as it called for. I only added about 1/2 c of half & half. The combination of the leeks and plantains smells SO good when it's sauteing.
Another change I would recommend is cutting the amount of ginger in half. Make sure the plantains are almost black before you use them otherwise they won't have as much flavor. Even though the soup recipe title emphasizes the sweetness, it's not overly sweet. The brightness of the pineapple, ginger and citrus contrasts nicely with the savory flavor of the leeks and also balances out the richness which some people could call starchiness of the soup from the plantains. Will definitely make again.
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