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Smoky Eggplant Soup

Ingredients Instructions

2 lbs Ambrosia Eggplant Puree 1. Add 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a heavy-
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bottomed stainless or enameled soup pot
5 tbsp Ambrosia Extra Virgin Olive Oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, season
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generously with salt and pepper, and cook
until softened and beginning to color, 5 to 7
2 cups White Onion, sliced minutes. Add garlic, cayenne and eggplant
and cook 1 minute.
Ambrosia Kosher Salt
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2. Add broth and bring to a brisk simmer.
Freshly Ground Pepper Reduce heat and simmer gently for 10
minutes. Check seasoning of broth and adjust
salt.
6 Garlic Cloves, minced
3. Purée soup in batches in blender. Strain
Pinch Cayenne through fine-meshed sieve and discard any
debris and seeds. Add 3 tablespoons lemon
juice to puréed soup and taste again, adding
6 cups Chicken Broth more as necessary. Soup should be well
seasoned and rather lemony.
4 tbsp Ambrosia Lemon Juice
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4. Mix lemon zest with remaining 2 tablespoons
½ tsp Lemon Zest olive oil for garnish. Ladle soup into small
bowls, topping each bowl with 1 teaspoon
lemon oil, ½ teaspoon za’atar and some
1 tbsp Za’atar chopped parsley. May be served hot or cold.

2 tsp Chopped Parsley

Eggplants
Eggplants are technically berries but are regarded as vegetables when cooking.

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