Chicken Vegetable Soup with Noodles and Harissa

It’s never too late in the year or too early for soup. I cleared out the fridge yesterday, a grocery delivery arriving today, so wobbly veg and stuff not sad enough for the bin became soup. The chicken was leftover from a weekend roast, so it was just matter of shredding it with two forks….

Butternut Squash Soup with Benedictine Brandy

Butternut Squash Soup with Benedictine Brandy Ingredients (Serves 4-6) 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 large leek, white and light green part only, chopped (about 1 cup) 1 x 3-to-4-pound butternut squash, peeled and cubed 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Salt to taste (1/2 tsp) 3 tablespoons Benedictine Brandy (or Sherry)…

How-To Make Celeriac and Apple Soup

The Frugal Feeding’s recent post about celeriac soup reminded me that I haven’t made this bowl of fragrant warm comfort in a long time. Frugal’s soup looks wonderfully rich and creamy. Mine benefits from a subtle hint of sweetness and tartness from the apple. Some crumbled bacon also goes nicely on top with the toasted…

Today’s Lunch: Cauliflower Soup

How-To-Make Cauliflower Soup This will either taste deliciously subtle … or it will remind you of milky dishwater. It’s a very delicate soup with minimal ingredients: one large cauliflower cut into florets, one large onion thinly sliced, 4 cups of hot water, a generous pinch of salt (1/2 teaspoon or more to taste) and some…

Darned Good Vegetable Soup

Darned Good Veg Soup That’s what Mr Misk said when he tasted this soup. It’s a touch of summer soup in the midst of winter, thanks to frozen vegetables, basil pesto and tinned tomatoes. I used a stock cube for the chicken broth. I reckon there’s no need to make more work for yourself than…

How To Make Tomato Soup Fast

Soup just got easy. My original tomato soup recipe calls for a 400g tin chopped tomatoes, onion, celery, garlic, 400ml chicken or veg stock, chilli flakes, parsley and basil, seasonings, and a dollop of crème fraîche. And then blitz with a handblender. You need a handblender. Buy one if you don’t own one. This is…

Cannellini Bean Soup with Porcini Mushrooms

This is a variation on Rufus’s Food and Spirits Guide for Cannellini Bean Soup. The day that I made this soup I had the mother-of-all-head-colds coming on. I didn’t have the time or temperament to soak beans for 8-hours; I needed an injection of garlic and onion, and the only thing with the truffles on…

How-To Make Easy Cream of Broccoli Soup

Cream of Broccoli Soup with Leftover Ham If I get to my local supermarket early enough in the morning I can benefit from price-slashed fresh produce that’s perfectly acceptable for soups or sauces. I did that yesterday – I bought 2 enormous heads of broccoli from their “Basic” line for about 40-pence each. Soup tonight,…