Soup

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 22 Mar 2007, 21:16

Nelson Hatstand wrote:This is my favourite soup. I had it in a restaurant once, as a starter. I have stolen the idea many times since, and volunteer to make it at any soup party:

bloody mary soup
Recipe:
make a bloody mary.
pour into bowl.
serve in bowl with spoon.
eat.
then have another one.

yum.

Would that recipe work with Absinthe Nelson?

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 22 Mar 2007, 21:20

Carrot and Coriander Soup

Ingredients

Butter 25g (1oz)
Onion 1 medium finely chopped
Garlic Clove 1 Crushed
Carrots 450gms (1lb) roughly chopped
Carrots 100gms (4oz) coarsely chopped
Vegetable Stock 1 litre (1.75 pints)
Ground Nutmeg 1 pinch
Coriander, fresh 1 tsp chopped
Single Cream 150ml (0.25 pint)
Salt & Pepper To taste

To Garnish Natural Yoghurt
Coriander, fresh

Method

Melt butter and cook onions in garlic gently until soft in covered pan, without colouring.
Add toughly chopped carrots, stock and nutmeg.
Cover, bring to the boil and simmer gently until vegetables are tender.
Cool a little and then puree with a liquidiser.
Return the soup to a clean pan and stir in grated carrots, coriander and cream.
Taste fro seasoning.
Serve garnished with swirl of yoghurt and sprinkling of chopped fresh coriander.

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 22 Mar 2007, 21:21

Sweet potato Chowder

Ingredients

Butter 10z (25g)
Onion 3 medium, sliced
Sweet corn 2 ears or 1 medium tin
Milk 570ml (1 pint)
Sweet Potato 675g (1.5 lb), peeled and 1” diced
Double Cream 150ml(1/4pint)

To Garnish
Parsley or Chives chopped

Method

Melt butter and cook onions gently until soft, without colouring.
In another pan, simmer corn and milk for about 20mins until tender (10 mins if using tinned corn).
Separately simmer sweet potatoes in lots of salted water until tender.
Puree corn and milk coarsely in liquidiser with cream.
Combine onions, corn mixture and sweet potatoes in clean pan.
Reheat and serve with parsley or chives.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 22 Mar 2007, 22:17

Epykat wrote: That could true, because I always think soup tastes better on the second day

I agree - the same goes for stew, always tastes tastier the second day.

Recipe in my magazine I fancy trying - sweet potato, coconut and pine nut with thai paste. Sounds yummy.

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 22 Mar 2007, 22:48

Stew, mince, soup, they all taste much better on the second day!!

Found this on a recipe site

The soup tastes far better when made up the day before because this allows all the various flavours to fuse and for the soup to thicken.

So now we know why!!!

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 22 Mar 2007, 22:53

Porty wrote:I think we make it an autumnal event. Paper cups ala starbucks to mninmise the washing up. Unless we get one of the birds to do it?

Just noticed this!

Bad Porty.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 23 Mar 2007, 10:40

I assumed he meant Robin! or Jay myself, Poppy.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 23 Mar 2007, 11:25

bellybabe wrote:I assumed he meant Robin! or Jay myself, Poppy.

You are either lying or very naive, BB!!

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 23 Mar 2007, 11:41

Who, me?

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 23 Mar 2007, 23:05

Mr soupy is not long in the door.
"I 've made some soup" says me
His eyes lit up.
"One off the forum ? "
"Yes, dear"
He grins
" But not Nelson's Bloody Mary one" says me
"AW" says he.

Anyway, Bearcub, your soup was delicious, will try Nelsons recipie another night.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 24 Mar 2007, 00:14

Just bought the ingredients for Bearcubs soup tonight, myself so will make it over the week-end sometime.
Going to try BM's sweet potato chowder next.

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 24 Mar 2007, 01:21

I feel almost guilty for cheating and having *ready made* lentil soup tonight, but I've never tried to make real lentil soup. Anyone with a failsafe recipe out there in soup land..?

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 24 Mar 2007, 08:27

It's one of the easiest rapunzell although there are lots of variations. We once had a thread dedicated to this before so try putting lentil soup into the search engine and you should find it.

just tried and yes it has it's own thread called................lentil soup !

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 25 Mar 2007, 00:27

I should have guessed!

I need to break free from my usual veggie soup recipies and use lentils for more than sticking on cards..

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Mar 2007, 16:48

Carrot and ginger soup ( orignates from Rose Elliots supreme veggie cookbook)

1 onion peeled & chopped
1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger ( or out a jar of lazy ginger)
700gms carrots, scraped & sliced
about 900mls stock/water.
salt & pepper to taste

Fry onion in some oil/butter until soft. Add carrots, ginger, salt and sweat for about 10mins.
Add liquid and cook for round about 15mins.
Blend. Season as you like it.

I sometimes make this with shredded carrot for a slighlty chunkier version.

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 25 Mar 2007, 21:39

Had roast leg of lamb last Sunday, so this Sunday it was....Lamb Broth. V tasty it was too.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 26 Mar 2007, 19:05

*sob* Just looked up bearcub's recipe. I bought all the ingredients yesterday -even remembered thyme - and was looking forward to trying it out tonight. Just discovered I forgot the red peppers.

Now if only I had some double cream I'd do BM's instead. Mmmm....wonder if creme fraiche will do as a substitute?

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 26 Mar 2007, 19:07

The cream is just for pouring on the top just before serving, so it can be made without it quite easily. (I noticed I typed yoghurt by mistake in the instructions. oops)

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 26 Mar 2007, 19:12

Black Mamba wrote:The cream is just for pouring on the top ..

On the chowdar one?

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 26 Mar 2007, 20:59

The Carrot and Corriander one

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 27 Mar 2007, 11:21

It was the chowder one I was going to make BM, but was frog-marched off to the CC meeting (which I had forgotten all about) before I could even open a tin of sweetcorn.

I've added pointy red peppers to today's shopping list so will have a go at bearcub's today for definite.

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 27 Mar 2007, 18:26

The chowder one is my favorite of the two. It's a taste sensation.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 27 Mar 2007, 18:31

Well, I've just made (and tasted) Bearcubs soup and it's a definite thumbs up from me

(and Mr TG) It was very tasty indeed

Next will be your chowder BM but I don't think I've got enough sweet potatoes left so will leave it 'till later in the week. Still have enough of BC's soup for tomorrow anyway.

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 27 Mar 2007, 18:51

Just copied the recipes for the
Roasted Red Pepper and Sweet Potato soup
and the
Carrot and ginger soup
Also going to try Soupys Tomato soup/

I'll need to go and buy the ingredients, but will be trying them (they sound yummy).

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 27 Mar 2007, 22:21

I like many soups but "teina" soup it probably the best, nice, quick to make, and tasty

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 28 Mar 2007, 00:58

Tiena soup?
Have I missed something?

Bearcubs soup big hit with my sis who's visiting homeland.

I make a variation on lentil soup
It's one of those I do it this way rather then recipe book ones so varies to taste
I like the tarragon in this as a subsitute for celery

Lentil and tomato with tarrogon

1 chopped onion
1 chopped carrot
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 dessert spoon dried tarragon ( i like to add hot water to infuse dried herbs before using )
enough lentils( about a cup depending on how many to feed)
stock/water

Sweat onions and carrots
\add some salt/pepper
Add tarragon and lentils ( I'd say cup full of lentils to 2/3 cups H2o / stock)
Couple of cups stock/ water or more as needed
Cook til tender.
Season to taste

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 16 Apr 2007, 11:46

Black Mamba wrote:Sweet potato Chowder

Ingredients

Butter 10z (25g)
Onion 3 medium, sliced
Sweet corn 2 ears or 1 medium tin
Milk 570ml (1 pint)
Sweet Potato 675g (1.5 lb), peeled and 1” diced
Double Cream 150ml(1/4pint)

To Garnish
Parsley or Chives chopped

Method

Melt butter and cook onions gently until soft, without colouring.
In another pan, simmer corn and milk for about 20mins until tender (10 mins if using tinned corn).
Separately simmer sweet potatoes in lots of salted water until tender.
Puree corn and milk coarsely in liquidiser with cream.
Combine onions, corn mixture and sweet potatoes in clean pan.
Reheat and serve with parsley or chives.

I'm giving this a bump as I'm making the soup just now and it's easier for me to follow the recipe

Will report back later after tasting

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 16 Apr 2007, 13:49

Soup lovely, but very rich, could only manage a small bowl and not my usual wee droppy of seconds

Mr Spoon made an appearance and had some too as did Freddie

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 16 Apr 2007, 20:37

teddygirl wrote:Soup Freddie

Freddie like soup

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 16 Apr 2007, 22:50

Freddie loves soup

I usually dip a piece of bread in mine and feed it to him that way but sometimes like today he just has some in his bowl.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 17 Apr 2007, 13:36

TG, did I once see a mention about soup with plums?

I've got a pot of minestone at the moment, a meal in itself. No special recipe just whatever veg are to hand, pasta, some peas or beans.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 17 Apr 2007, 14:19

I don't remember any soup with plums but some people put a prune in their cockaleekie, it doesn't bother me but I don't really see the point

I love minestrone but it never tastes the same twice as like you say it's a case of using what you've got to hand. Always nice though.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 17 Apr 2007, 14:54

hmm I did wonder about the plums. It was a post I read ( or misread ) a long time ago and I cant find it.
ooo my memory is going.

Never eat cockaleekie ( dont like chicken in case anyone didn't know! )

Anyone got a borcht recipie? borsh? beetroot soup

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 17 Apr 2007, 15:03

Found this:

"Borscht
A great soup made with beetroot. When prepared with vegetable stock, it will be suitable for vegetarian

8 oz ( 225g ) cooked beetroot, peeled and cut into small strips
12 oz (350 g ) white cabbage, shredded
12 oz ( 350 g ) potatoes, peeled and diced
1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
1 teaspoon of caraway seeds
2 1/2 pints of chicken or vegetable stock
1 tablespoon of vinegar
salt and freshly ground pepper
some sour cream

bring stock, vinegar and beetroot to the boil and let it simmer gently for 20 - 30 minutes

add the cabbage, potatoes, onion and the caraway seeds, let it simmer for 20 - 30 minutes

check seasoning

serve with sour cream on top"

Edit: I think this US so reduce stock to 2 pints.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 17 Apr 2007, 15:04

found it

it was plum CAKE