Bread Soup With Spring Vegetables Recipes

SPRING VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan combine 3 cups of the vegetable broth, water chestnuts, pasta & thyme.
• Bring to boil, then reduce heat & simmer, covered, for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, stir together the remaining 1/2 cup of vegetable broth & the cornstarch, then add it to the chestnuts-&-pasta mixture.
• Stir in asparagus & peas, then cook & stir until thickened & bubbly.
• Cook & stir another 2 minutes or until vegetables are tender & pasta is tender but firm.
• Stir in the mint.
• To serve, ladle soup into bread bowls or, less fancy, serve with French bread.

BREAD SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil or butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook the onions with the salt until they start to caramelize, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the plantains or bananas and cook 10 minutes longer. Stir in the garlic, oregano, thyme, and rosemary and cook just until aromatic, about 3 minutes longer.
• Add the tomatoes, bread chunks and chicken or vegetable stock. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook, stirring frequently, until the bread has softened and the flavors are well blended, about 45 minutes. Ladle the soup into bowls, then squeeze a wedge of lime into each and toss in the wedge. Serve hot.

SPRING CLEANING RIBOLLITA

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium. Add leek and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 minutes. Add carrot, Swiss chard stems and the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. Season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Crush the tomatoes over the pot with your hands, stir them in with their juice and cook, stirring occasionally, until all of the liquid is reduced and the mixture is thick, about 5 minutes. Add zucchini, basil sprigs, thyme sprigs, Swiss chard leaves and 8 cups of water, and season with salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-high and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in peas, beans and bread, and cook, stirring and mashing up the bread, until most of the bread dissolves and soup thickens, about 10 minutes. Discard basil and thyme sprigs, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Divide soup among bowls and finish with the chopped basil. Garnish with cheese, if desired.

SPRING VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat, and cook the onion and garlic until tender. Mix in potato, broccoli, corn, spinach, mushrooms, carrots, and cabbage. Pour in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer 20 minutes, until potato is tender.
• Stir egg noodles and white beans into the pot, and continue cooking 7 minutes, or until noodles are tender and beans are heated through.

SPRING VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Using a big, deep pot, saute a handful of the chopped leeks and torn prosciutto slices in olive oil. After a few minutes, pour in the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Mix in the the rest of the ingredients. Simmer soup for a few minutes, then sprinkle with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil and top with the chopped mint leaves. Serve with crusty bread and a hunk of English cheddar.

SPRING VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan and cook leek about 3 minutes until softened.
• Add the carrot and celery, cook 5 minutes.
• Add potato, tomatoes and stock, bring to a simmer and cook 15 minutes.
• Add beans and cook a further 5 minutes, season to taste. Add parsley and stir to combine.
• Divide soup between warmed bowls. Place a pile of shredded spinach on top of soup and serve immediately.

SPRING VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large stock pot and add the leek, potato and celery and sweat for about 5 minutes with the lid on, stirring occasionally to make sure they don’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Add the peas, herbs and spinach with 200ml of the stock and boil until the spinach has completely wilted. Add the rest of the stock and bring to the boil.
• Simmer for about 10 minutes or until the potato is cooked through.
• Let the soup cool a little and then blend until smooth. Add the lemon juice.
• Season with salt and pepper and a little freshly grated nutmeg to taste.
• Gently reheat and add the crème fraiche before serving.
• If you have any chive flowers in your garden this soup looks wonderful garnished with them, and it adds a great punch of chive flavour!