Please note that this is primarily an index for personal use and reference by the authors, and that most of the recipes listed are not given in full.
Showing posts with label Soup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soup. Show all posts

Spiced pumpkin soup with cheddar toasts

SM 2002-01 p.48 [01.074.02]
Serves 6
Preparation / Cooking time: about 1h 10m all told

Mussel and saffron soup

SM 2002-01 pp.47–48 [01.074.01]
Serves 6
Preparation / Cooking time: about 1h all told

Chicken, chickpea and celery soup with coriander and olive oil

SM 2002-01 pp.46–47 [01.073.02]
Serves 6
Chickpeas: dried
Preparation / Cooking time: soak chickpeas overnight, then about 1h 15m all told on the day.

Garlic soup

In Praise of the Potato p.115
Serves 6
Preparation / Cooking time: about 45m (a bit longer if you don't have a hand-held liquidizer)

This firm favourite is a very simple yet delicious and richly flavoured soup from Lindsey Bareham's In Praise of the Potato: she took the recipe from Colin Spencer. Since Google Books does not provide a preview, the Mammal will risk life and liberty to bring you this lovely recipe through what is probably technically a breach of copyright. Though if publicizing garlic soup doesn't constitute fair use, what does?!

Ingredients
700g floury-variety potatoes, peeled and chopped
3 heads of garlic, peeled
6 tablespoons olive oil [yes, tablespoons is correct]
generous pinch saffron [use turmeric if no saffron; purely cosmetic in any case]
2 pts water
275ml single cream
2 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped
Salt and pepper

Method
Roughly chop the garlic and sauté it in the oil for 3 or 4 minutes until soft but not brown. Add the potatoes, saffron, seasoning and water. Simmer for 30 minutes, then cool and purée [cooling not necessary with hand-held liquidizer]. Reheat gently and add the cream and parsley.

© Lindsey Bareham / Grafton Books

Roasted celery soup

Feeds 4–6

You know the way there are loads of recipes that call for one or two sticks of celery? And that it is only ever possible to buy a whole head of celery? Well, now you know what to do with the rest—the Mammal found this on food52.com, and it is gorgeous. It is made with real chicken stock, but also worked out fine (if not quite as perfectly flavoured) with vegetable stock cubes.

Ingredients
8 large celery stalks cut into 2-inch pieces
half bulb fresh fennel cut into 2-inch chunks
2 large whole garlic cloves
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
half teaspoon black pepper
3 medium redskin potatoes,* peeled and cut into one-and-a-half-inch dice
1.5 litres chicken stock
half cup light cream
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Salt and pepper for re-seasoning if needed
Celery leaves and fennel fronds for a little garnish
* or whatever potatoes happen to be lying around

Since the original poster of this recipe should get the credit, you'll have to find out what to do with all of these ingredients through this link:
http://food52.com/recipes/16467_roasted_celery_soup.
Total prep plus cooking time is roughly 1 hour.

Thai ginger soup (for Vita-Mix)

This recipe was posted by a Vita-Mix Community member at http://community.vitamix.com/_Thai-Ginger-Soup/blog/2350346/22442.html

Ingredients
1 Vegetable stock cube
500 ml water
1 Stick of celery
1 Carrot
1 Spring onion
1 Tomato
130 gms Cashew nuts
Very small piece of root ginger
Small bunch of fresh coriander
Small amount of coconut milk  (optional)

1. Place all the ingredients in the Vita-Mix container in the order listed.
2. Secure the 2 part lid.
3. Select Variable speed 1.
4. Turn machine On and quickly increase speed to 10 then to high.
5. Run for 5 to 6 minutes or until steam escapes through the lid opening.
6. Serve immediately.

Minestrone

SM 2002-10 p.96 [01.012.04]
Serves 6
Tomatoes: Pomodorino cherry; Beans: cannellini (tinned); Pesto: red; Cabbage: Savoy

Erwtensoep / Snert (Dutch Pea Soup)

Coquinaria website.

This is a famous traditional Dutch recipe, basically ham and pea soup on steroids. The ingredients are as follows, but since it comes from the splendid Coquinaria website, you will have to follow the link to that for the rest.

500 gram (2 1/2 cup) split peas
1 piece of gammon with bone, or pork hock, about 500 gram (1 pound), or spareribs, or two pig's trotters
100 gram (3 ounces) streaky bacon or Dutch "sauerkraut bacon": streaky pork, salted but not smoked, preferrably with rind
1 smoked sausage
2 large onions, chopped not too small
1 large carrot
2 leeks
1 celeriac
2 potatoes
1 bunch celery
pepper and salt to taste
2 litre (8 cups/4pints) water to start with

Link to Coquinaria:
http://www.coquinaria.nl/english/recipes/Dutchpeasoup.htm

Spicy lentil soup

1001 Recipes p23

Serves 4 as starter / lunch, or 2–3 as dinner; cooking time 50–60 minutes.

125g red lentils
2 tsp vegetable oil
1 large onion, chopped finely
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp garam masala
2 tbsp tomato puree
1 litre vegetable stock
350g can of sweetcorn, drained [soup works fine without this; there is just less of it]