Hot Avocado Cream With Bacon Crumble

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons cornflour
• 1 1/2 liters strong home-made chicken stock
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 2 large ripe avocados, skinned, stoned and pureed
• 65 ml fruity white wine
• 125-250 ml cream
• 2 tablespoons crisped bacon, crumbled
• 3 sprigs fresh coriander

Directions

1. 1

   Melt butter in a saucepan.

2. 2

   When hot and bubbly, stir in cornflour and continue to stir until mixture turns golden.

3. 3

   Gradually add chicken stock, whisking constantly to smooth away any little lumps.

4. 4

   Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

5. 5

   Remove from stove.

6. 6

   Add avocado puree, white wine and cream.

7. 7

   Reheat carefully, but do not allow to boil.

8. 8

   Transfer to a heated soup tureen and sprinkle with crisped bacon crumble.

9. 9

   To serve, ladle into heated soup plates and garnish with fresh coriander.