Soup recipes

Lychee

wow, that must be a huge pot of soup! I think. I definitely didn't add the equivalent of 3 mugs of tomatoes or 4 mugs of milk... so there was way too much butter... ewww. makes me think I was drinking more butter than tomato soup

thanks 160

16011996

wow, that must be a huge pot of soup! I think. I definitely didn't add the equivalent of 3 mugs of tomatoes or 4 mugs of milk... so there was way too much butter... ewww. makes me think I was drinking more butter than tomato soup  :o

thanks 160  :D

sorry i didn't mean mugs i meant tea cups. sort of half mugs, not the dainty chima things that holsd a thimble fill of tea. i wasn't properly wake that early.
;D

Quackers

I made this last night - yummmmmmy ;D

Sweet Red Chilli Pepper & Tomato soup

1 tbspn olive oil
About 15 tomato's skinned, deseeded & chopped
4 red peppers (these need grilling until black, then take skin off & chop)
1 red chilli pepper chopped (can leave out if u dont like spice)
2 cloves garlic chopped
1pt veg stock
2tbsnp red wine vinegar

gently fry garlic, chilli, red peppers in olive oil for 5-10mins until soft. Add tomatoes & cook for another 5-10mins. Add red wine vinegar & simmer for 10mins. Add stock and after cooking for 20mins blend until smooth.

a bit fiddly 'cos I hate taking skin off peppers & toms but well worth it ;D ;D ;D

arkonite_babe

Potato Soup

Ingredients

6 to 8 fist sized potatoes
1 to 1.5 pints stock ( chicken or vegetable is fine)
1 Large onion
large knob of butter and teaspoon of oil
small tub of fresh cream or elmlea
handfull of fine chopped parsley

Method

Melt butter and oil in a large pot (oil stops the butter burning, but keeps the nice taste)
Finely chop onion and sweat gently in oil mix
Peel and chunk potatoes into rough pieces
Toss these in hot oil mix
Pour on 1 pint of stock
Cook until potatoes are tender
Whizz in a blender until smooth
You may need to add more stock at this stage as the soup tends to thicken
Gently heat through again before serving
Serve with a drizzle of cream and some parsley sprinkled on top and melba toast on the side.

Enjoy

Ps This soup tastes even better the next day, just add more stock or water as you heat it through, it thickens as it cools.

Quackers

oooooo, Arkonite, that sounds yummy. Will be making it in the week. Nice & cheap too ;D

rach

french onion soup

4 large onions
1.5 litres stock
olive oil
butter
handful fresh chopped herbs (parsley, sage & thyme)

*melt butter & add oil
*thinly slice onions, sweat for about 15 mins til really soft with lid on pan (i also add a bit of water at this stage to stop burning!)
*add stock
*simmer for 30 mins
*add herbs & serve

yummy - i made the other day. i didn;t use all the herbs as i only had parsley but was still great.

16011996

was going to ask for a french oinion recipe as my eldest loves it, so thanks rach.

rubytwilight

Hi
I read that if recipe says a cup it will be 247 mls.

Cheers

16011996

thanks for that ruby, thats great to know, will add it to my list of conversions.

arkonite_babe

Found this great site for soup recipes including one called "fridge cleaner chowder"

SOUP RECIPES

Some really nice recipes, I've just made thier version of french onion soup and it's yummy!

Enjoy!