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Mon Oncle Ignatius
17:07 / 30.11.05
Right, that's it. The soup is cooking on the stove. I had to do it. It may not be the coldest outside that's it's been this side of the river, but it is officially winter now, I'm sure.

Red lentils and yellow split peas, garlic puree and a bit of tomato too. A few several day-old new potatoes from the fridge, dried thyme, a stock cube and grated as well as chopped carrots, plus half a squeezed lime for zing. It should be ready now, so let's see how the dear child likes it for dinner. Maybe a little greek yoghurt if it turns out a bit thin too...
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
23:37 / 30.11.05
Onion soup is best with sliced pickled walnuts in. It's true.

Vouch vouch vouch vouch vouch.

Delicious 2-course soup meal c/o Quantum. Bowl of fragrant, zingy onion soup for starters, followed by hefty chunky veggie carrot and coriander soup. With 3 types of fresh bread....

Good eatin', oh yes.
 
 
Shrug
23:48 / 30.11.05
I've just bought Tesco Brand Tomatoe Juice on an odd impulse buy, totally forgetting that tomatoes are the main constituent of Ketchup and how horribly it would taste. I tried to drink it cold I didn't gag but it certainly wasn't pleasant. Why I bought it? I don't know some vague idea of its healthy properties and of ushering myself into a new healthy lifestyle I think.
How tenable would it be to convert it into soup? And what to do about the juice's awful taste? (I'm not sure heating it up and bunging in various vegetables is a feasible answer).
 
 
Ariadne
07:40 / 01.12.05
Add tabasco, worcester sauce and pepper - and vodka, if you fancy, for a Bloody Mary!
 
 
Loomis
08:37 / 01.12.05
I don't see why you couldn't use tomato juice as a base for soup. Just think of it as extra-thin passata. It's also worth bearing in mind that Tesco brand tomato juice is horrible and acidic. Stick with Just Juice - it's delicious. And as Ariadne says, bloody maries are the way to go.
 
 
Benny the Ball
08:38 / 01.12.05
Using left over turkey from thanksgiving dinner, but you can use chicken - blend up a chopped onion, 4 chopped garlic cloves, 4 tablespoons of water and some salt into a paste. Cut up chicken into small cubes, and cut another onion into half slices. Salt and pepper the chicken, then brown in a medium saucepan of oil (4 tablespoons). Once brown, remove chicken with a spoon, then cook the onion slices into the oil until brown at the edges. Put the chicken and the paste into the pan with the onion and stir - adding a half teaspoon of cayenne pepper, two of red paprika, and a quater of tumeric - stir. Add about 8oz of chicken stock and bring to boil, stiring occasionally, then reduce heat to simmer. Add another 8oz of stock and a couple of tablespoons of flour to thicken, stir. If you want to add some weight to the soup, you can cut a potato into very small cubes and add these to the mix. Finally add about 8oz of coconut milk and bring back to boil, then reduce heat to simmer for about twenty minutes.

If you want you can cook up some noodles or angel hair pasta and serve the soup over these.
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
08:38 / 01.12.05
Acidity in tomato sauces etc. is easily corrected by adding a spot of sugar near the end of cooking...
 
 
Shrug
14:06 / 01.12.05
Thanks, I officially declare Friday night Bloody Mary Night!
 
 
Quantum
14:12 / 01.12.05
Mmmm, bloody mary...

Like mushy balls of sour mud? ariadne

Noooo, you had bad walnuts! They should be sharp not sour and firm not mushy. Yes they are good with cheese etc. but a couple in an onion soup make all the difference.

Haus- my Mum made Miso soup with noodles when I was sick instead of chicken soup. I especially like it 'cos it takes five minutes, virtually no ingredients and is incredibly good for you.
 
 
Mon Oncle Ignatius
18:30 / 01.12.05
my Mum made Miso soup with noodles when I was sick instead of chicken soup.

Those packets of instant soups with noodles hold particular memories of lunch at home with my mother during the week when I was a child. They're still a terrific instant food with overtones of comfort for me, though these days I tend to make them very dry in the saucepan, so they are more like noodles than soup with noodles.

The best I found for years were the Safeway ones, which had packets of very thick, tasty soup base in peanut curry and green curry (I think) flavours. The soup bases was not dried but sealed in a vacuum so it was soft and slightly more fresh-tasting. Unfortunately, when Safefay was bought up by Morrisons in the UK these soups disappeared. I liked them so much I bought up all the last stock in my local store. I still have a packet of the base around somewhere.

The more traditional Chinese soups (Won Ton and Mushroom are particular favourites) are still great, and usually five for a pound or similar. Whether they have much nutritional value is open to debate, but bung in a bit of soy sauce, perhaps a bit of peanut butter to the curry-flavoured variant, and they're lovely. Then again, miso soup is really nice too. I think there's a cube or two in the back of the understars store cupboard, so might investigate further at the weekend.
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
15:10 / 02.12.05
ooh, thanks for reminder. Really can't be arsed cooking and have gallons of noodles/miso. Mmm. Really nice if when boiling the soup/noodles, you crack an egg into the water gently and let it 'poach' in the miso. Then add a little mayonnaise to taste. Honestly, really works, first had this in Japan.
 
 
Mon Oncle Ignatius
22:09 / 02.12.05
I think there's a cube or two in the back of the understars store cupboard,

Lovely as this image is, unfortunately my house does not have food storage 'neath the canopy of distant suns. So under the stairs is where I shall find the miso soup instead.
 
 
Evil Scientist
21:39 / 03.12.05
I've made this garlic and chicken and stuff soup a couple of times, and it's absolutely gorgeous. Especially if you leave it overnight and eat it the next day. Mmmmm. Plus, the smell of garlic and paprika frying in olive oil is (IMHO), totally divine.

I made myself a big saucepan of this stuff earlier tonight, it's gorgeous. Nectar of the gods. Goes great with a bit of crusty bread.

Nice work Cloud. I'm so happy with the soup, I'm going to leave the doomsday weapon in the garage until next week at the earliest.
 
 
Persephone
23:29 / 11.12.05
Second vote for garlic soup! This is going to be my #1 winter soup. I'm trying out variations with the garlic, paprika, and broth as the base. It's just a little unnerving to have all those olives looking up at me out of my soup. I mean, I love olives & if you don't look, it's an addicting combination of flavors. Is that common? Olives in soup? Anyway, I'm trying mushrooms in place of the olives --tonight I did shiitake mushrooms, and edamame instead of the sugar snap peas; it was meant to have tofu instead of great northern beans, but the tofu I had in the fridge was not perfectly fresh. I'm also thinking of a version with cremini mushrooms, green beans, and cannellini beans...
 
 
Spaniel
08:54 / 06.07.07
I've just invented onion soup!

And bloody easy it was too.

You will need

Four large white onions
A bit less than a glass of white wine
3 pints of stock (I used chicken, but do what you feel*)
Two tablespoons of olive oil
Pepper


What you must do

1. Chop the onions into rings then fry 'em in the oil on a low heat for about an hour, until they're super carmelised but not burnt

2. Chuck in the wine, and allow the alcohol to burn off

3. Do The Dance

4. Chuck in the stock. Make sure it is well seasoned.

5. Bring the mixture to a simmer and allow it cook down for about half an hour

6. It is dinner time


I ate mine with chunky bread and butter and wensleydale cheese. Wensleydale cheese is the shit with onion soup. Your mileage may vary. Your mileage may also be wrongness.

*Boullion fan that I am, I suggest not using it for this recipe as its taste is too strong.
 
  

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