Soup Essay Examples

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Soup
Once you’ve mastered making a basic soup, you’ll always be able to whip up a satisfying bowlful in no time at all.

Soup is so simple to make – and the variations are endless. For a basic vegetable soup, cook the veg on the hob, roast them in the oven or use leftovers. Then add stock, blitz in a blender and heat through.
Very the soup easily by adding cooked orzo pasta or rice, add cannellini beans, cooked meatballs or bacon, or a dollop of mascarpone.

BOXOUT – SERVING SUGGESTIONS
• A good topping adds texture, flavour and looks impressive.
• Swirl crème fraiche into spicy soup for a fresh, cooling finish.
• Top a smooth soup with crunchy croutons for added texture.
• Drop grilled cheese on toast squares into tomato soup.
• Grate parmesan over soup for a classic finish.
• Add crispy, grilled bacon to a veggie soup before serving.

RECIPES
Cock-A-Leekie
This classic dish is always a crowd pleaser on chilly autumn afternoons. This is a chicken-free version so is more of just a ‘leekie’.
1tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, diced
1 tbsp butter
2 large or 3 medium leeks, cleaned and diced
4 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
2-3 sticks of celery, diced small bunch of fresh sage, finely chopped
1 litre vegetable stock, hot
1 tbsp honey
75g pitted soft prunes
1. Heat the oil in a large pan and gently fry the onion until soft. Add the butter, and wait for it to bubble before tipping in half the leeks, potatoes, celery and sage, setting aside a few leaves for garnish. Cook gently for 25 minutes with the lid on, stirring occasionally.
2. Add the stock to the vegetables and simmer for 10 minutes before taking off the heat to cool. Blitz in a food processor until smooth.
3. Return the soup to the pan, add the remaining vegetables and the ho...

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Roasted tomato and pepper soup
Roasting the peppers and tomatoes concentrates the flavours.
2 red peppers
1 red onion
1 peeled baking potato, thickly sliced
1tbsp olive oil
700g vine-ripened tomatoes, halved
600ml vegetable stock
4-6 basil
100 crème fraiche

1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Place the peppers (deseeded and quartered) onion (cut into wedges) and potato into a bowl with the oil and toss to coat. Spread out in a large roasting.
2. Put the tomatoes on the baking tray, cut side up. Roast all the vegetables in the oven for 40-45 minutes until tender and tinged brown at the edges.
3. Put the roasted vegetables in a saucepan, add half of the vegetable stock and basil, then puree with a hand blender or processor. Add the rest of the stock and heat through.
4. Add a swirl of crème fraiche to each bowl before serving.

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