Rhubarb Soup With Berries Recipes

CHILLED STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB SOUP

Steps:

• Bring rhubarb and 3 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan. Cook until the rhubarb is very soft and broken down, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl. Put a couple inches of ice water in a large bowl and set the bowl with the rhubarb in it to help cool it quickly. (If you aren't in a hurry, you can skip the ice-water bath.) Refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until cool, at least 20 minutes.
• Transfer the rhubarb to a blender. Add strawberries, sugar and salt; blend until smooth. Return to the bowl and stir in 1/3 cup basil (or mint). Serve sprinkled with more herbs and a generous grinding of pepper.

STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB "NOTHING" SOUP: ZUPA NIC

Steps:

• Cut rhubarb into 1/2-inch pieces and macerate in 1/2 cup sugar for 1 hour. Meanwhile, puree strawberries with remaining 1/4 cup sugar. In a saucepan, cook rhubarb and orange juice, covered, until mushy. Remove from heat and stir in strawberry puree.
• For the syrup: Bring ingredients to a boil. Set aside to cool.
• For the anglaise: In a saucepan, bring the milk cream and vanilla bean to a scald. In the meantime, in a bowl, whisk together the yolks and sugar. While whisking the yolks, drizzle in the hot milk. Return to the pan and cook, stirring until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Strain and chill in an ice bath. Add the lemon syrup to the buttermilk. Mix into creme anglaise.
• Drizzle the anglaise mixture on top of the strawberry rhubarb nothing. (Soup may be served hot or cold.)

CHILLED RHUBARB AND RASPBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Bring sugar, vanilla bean seeds and pod, rhubarb, and water to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat, and add raspberries and 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar if desired, depending on sweetness of the fruit. Let cool for 30 minutes.
• Gently mash fruit with a ladle. Strain through a coarse sieve into a large bowl; discard solids. Chill soup at least 3 hours or up to overnight. Garnish each serving with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and raspberries if desired.

CHILLED RHUBARB AND STRAWBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Cook rhubarb, sugar, salt and 1/2 cup water over medium heat until rhubarb is very tender and mixture starts to thicken.
• Set aside.
• In another saucepan mix strawberries and cinnamon.
• Blend together the cornstarch and the 1/4 cup water and add to strawberries.
• Bring to boil then reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and add to rhubarb mixture.
• Chill.
• Blend together milk and sour cream and stir into rhubarb and strawberry mixture before serving.