Parsnip Soup with Fennel and Apples - Sacha Served What

Ingredients

• Avocado oil
• 1 medium yellow onion (half thinly sliced, half finely diced)
• 1 medium fennel bulb (stalk trimmed and core removed, bulb roughly chopped)
• Kosher salt
• 2 stalk celery (roughly chopped)
• 6 cloves garlic (peeled)
• 2 large parsnips (about 20 oz., peeled and roughly chopped)
• 2 honeycrisp/gala apples (one peeled and cut into chunks, the other finely diced (skin kept on))
• 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
• ¼ cup pine nuts (raw)
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon white pepper
• Lemon juice (to taste)
• 2 tablespoon brown sugar
• Fresh herbs (as garnish)