Elderberry and pear soup

Name: Elderberry and pear soup
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 untreated lemon; 3/4 l Elderberry juice (unsweetened); 2-3 tablespoons (50 g) Sugar; 1 stick of cinnamon; 4-5 Cardamom capsules (substitute cloves); 2-3 (approx. 300 g) Pears; 1 tablespoon (15 g) Cornstarch

AUTHOR
Bo Carpenter

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
20 mins

TOTAL TIME
20 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

1 untreated lemon
3/4 l Elderberry juice (unsweetened)
2-3 tablespoons (50 g) Sugar
1 stick of cinnamon
4-5 Cardamom capsules (substitute cloves)
2-3 (approx. 300 g) Pears
1 tablespoon (15 g) Cornstarch

Directions

1
Wash lemon hot and dab dry. Peel 1 small piece of lemon peel as a spiral. Peel the rest of the peel in thin strips with a julienne chiseler. Boil up juice, sugar, cinnamon stick, possibly cardamom and lemon spiral. Cover and let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
2
Peel and quarter the pears and remove the core. Cut pears into thin slices
3
Remove lemon peel and spices. Stir the starch and some water until smooth. Stir into the soup and bring to the boil again. Steam pears for 4-5 minutes. Arrange the soup, garnish with the lemon strips
4
-spices in a tea ball or gauze bag and hang them in the soup. They release their aroma and can be removed again without leaving any residue in one easy step
5
-elderberries (lilac, elderberries) contain a lot of vitamin C. The hot juice warms up really well and helps with colds