I’m not a fan of cold soup, even in summer, so I’d be serving this hot on a cold winter’s night, but either way it makes a great starter for a dinner party.
GOLDEN VICHYSSOISE – hot or cold
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Category Archives: Soups & Starters
POTATO SEAFOOD CHOWDER
This chowder recipe is a bit more economical than most. Using a prepared marinara mix, instead of other individual and more expensive fish, cuts the cost and also the time preparing it. Personally I’m not sure about adding cheese, could be worth trying, but I don’t see why you couldn’t leave it out either.
WINTER WARMER SOUP
A polar blast has ripped through the southern states of Australia this weekend, so it was an easy decision to post another soup recipe. There’s nothing overly fancy about this one, it’s just a good tomato and vegetable soup – easy to make and great for cold weekends.
SPINACH STRACCIATELLA
I’ve never made this Italian egg soup, but I like the idea that unlike a lot of soups it doesn’t need a long time to cook. It would be a great soup to make on a cold night when you want something hot and tasty very quickly.
CAULIFLOWER CHEESE SOUP
Another soup to warm you in these cold winter months. This one is a rich, creamy, cheesy, cauliflower combo. Served with a dab of cream and the chives or parsley on top I think it would be good enough for a dinner party.
CRAB AND SWEET CORN SOUP
This is a seafood version of the classic chicken and sweet corn soup. I don’t see why you couldn’t use tinned crab meat it would be a lot less fiddly than de-shelling a fresh crab – mightn’t taste quite as good, but it would be a whole lot lot quicker and easier…….
BEAN AND SAUSAGE SOUP
The sky outside is dark and menacing, so what better time to think of making soup. This recipe was published by Woman’s Day in 1991 before chorizo sausage was so readily available. I think substituting it for the frankfurts would give the soup a lot more flavour and I’d also use fresh potato instead of the tinned Tiny Taters, if you can be bothered peeling and cutting them. A nice and hearty boost on a cold winter’s day.
CAULIFLOWER AND BACON SOUP
I’m just back from six weeks travelling around Spain and Portugal in 30o heat, so returning to wintry Melbourne has been a shock. To warm myself up I’ve been making stews and soup – good winter food. This soup is a favourite.
COCONUT FISH SOUP
Mum seems to have collected a lot of booklets from Sun Rice Australia I suspect she went to one of their cooking demonstrations. This recipe has a great combination of rice, spices and seafood all in a coconut sauce. It’s a meal in itself.
CUCUMBER SOUP WITH MINT
The blurb that goes with this New Idea soup recipe says “A lovely soup which can be served hot in the winter months or chilled in the summer”. Personally I don’t think soup should ever be eaten cold, I like it steaming hot, but, I’m willing to accept that it might be to some people’s taste. Either way it’s an unusual way to cook cucumbers…………..
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