Legout Cream Soup Base Recipes Recipes Recipe For Hand

CREAM SOUP BASE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan. Add flour and make a paste. Add milk and bouillon cubes. Cook over low heat until thickened. Add pepper to taste. Add more milk when adding the other soup ingredients, depending on the thickness you desire.
• To this base you may add steamed broccoli and American cheese; or chunks of baked potato (peel and all) with American cheese, bacon pieces, and chives; or pureed, stewed tomatoes for a bisque; or leeks that have been cleaned well, steamed, and chopped; or cooked asparagus cut in pieces (if canned asparagus is used, add some of the liquid as well), topped with grated cheese and bacon pieces.

ALL-PURPOSE CREAM-STYLE SOUP BASE

Steps:

• Saute over low heat, herbs and spices, onions, carrot and celery til very, very soft in butter.
• Mash well or puree in blender or food chopper/processor.
• Stir in flour, cook, stirring for 2-3 minutes. Do not brown.
• In large pot, bring chicken broth and milk to a boil.
• Drop flour mixture in by spoonfulls, stirring, low-boil til thickened, stirring.
• *At this point, you can add whatever cooked ingredients your heart desires! Any cooked meats, sea food, vegetables, rice, etc.!
• Stir in cream, salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat, stir in sour cream.

CREAM SOUP BASE

Steps:

• Combine and shake all ingredients together and store in an airtight container.
• to use base:.
• Stir 1/2 cup soup base in 2 cups of water to equal one can of cream soup.
• Recipe equals 7 cans of cream soup base.