Tag Archives: Soup
Wild Garilc, Ramsons, Bear's Garlic
Wild garlic, ramsons, bear’s garlic…. Whatever you choose to call it, it is delicious and currently in season. In French they call it l’ail des ours (garlic of bears) as apparently this is a brown bear’s Achilles’ heel! Humans also … Continue reading
BROCCOLI BASIL CREAM SOUP
A recipe for sumptuous cream of broccoli soup with basil cream Continue reading
PUMPKIN SOUP
PUMPKIN SOUP It is pumpkin season again! I hadn’t quite realised to what extent until last weekend when we were driving through the Swiss countryside and came across huge stalls of every size, shape and colour of pumpkin imaginable. The food bells went off in my head … Continue reading
LENTIL SOUP
The DUTCH Series N°5 : Lentil Soup Recipe with Saffron Garlic Roux It is officially the 1st day of SPRING! So why am I writing about a winter soup you may ask. Good question. The thing is – the calendar … Continue reading
RUSSIAN BEETROOT SOUP
RUSSIAN BEETROOT SOUP – From Russia with love: Not from James Bond, but from Katya - my gorgeous Russian friend, who definately passes for a Bond girl, but who prefers to spend her spare time in the kitchen rather than being a damsel in distress! When I asked … Continue reading
ROASTED TOMATO & GARLIC SOUP
ROASTED TOMATO & GARLIC SOUP Two factors influenced this recipe: The overflowing bowl of tomatoes sitting on my counter- I went on a shopping spree last weekend buying up every bunch in sight, with views of chopping & freezing tomatoes for the winter months … Continue reading
CARROT & PEAR SOUP Recipe
EMILY THE GREAT’S CARROT & PEAR SOUP First there was Catherine the Great of Russia (1729 – 1796), and then a few hundred years later, came Emily the Great, my good friend, who proudly gave herself this name at the ripe old age … Continue reading
ASPARAGUS VANILLA BEAN SOUP Recipe
{SOUPE FROIDE AUX ASPERGES BLANCHES ET A LA VANILLE} While I know that the asparagus season is officially coming to a close, I wanted to sneak in one last recipe, as there are still bunches of white asparagus appearing in our … Continue reading
COLD COURGETTE AND MINT SOUP
{SOUPE FROIDE DE COURGETTES A LA MENTHE} When I was a little girl you couldn’t have paid me to eat a courgette (zucchini), much less a cooked one, and come to think of it, that went for most other vegetables that … Continue reading
