Soup

[Hants_red]

Moroccan chick pea soup. I had soaked too many chick peas for our curry earlier in the week, so this seemed tp be a good way of using them up. Quite tasty. The recipe called for broad beans, though I wonder of the proper recipe would have listed fava beans instead.

 

[Alistair20000]

Moroccan chick pea soup. I had soaked too many chick peas for our curry earlier in the week, so this seemed tp be a good way of using them up. Quite tasty. The recipe called for broad beans, though I wonder of the proper recipe would have listed fava beans instead.

Did you open a nice bottle of Chianti to accompany it ?

 

[Hants_red]

Did you open a nice bottle of Chianti to accompany it ?

It's too early in the day for alcohol. On a non football day anyways!

 

[Hants_red]

Broad Bean soup. Threw in some chopped up ham as well after blending it. Very nice, but what a palaver skinning the beans!

 

[Alistair20000]

Broad Bean soup. Threw in some chopped up ham as well after blending it. Very nice, but what a palaver skinning the beans!

Was that getting the outer shell off after extracting from the pod ?

If so, did you try cooking in boiling water for two minutes and then rinsing in cold water ? The nice green beans then slip out easily out of the leathery skins.

 

[Hants_red]

Was that getting the outer shell off after extracting from the pod ?

If so, did you try cooking in boiling water for two minutes and then rinsing in cold water ? The nice green beans then slip out easily of the leathery skins.

They were frozen, so let them soak in water. Time consuming.

 

[Alistair20000]

They were frozen, so let them soak in water. Time consuming.

Understood. Not sure my method works for frozen in which case too much of a faff.

 

[Hants_red]

Watercress soup. This time using UK grown ingredients. Very tasty.

 

[Hants_red]

On Saturday I made some carrot and coriander soup. Had some left over mushy peas, so they went in as well. Went an odd colour when I blended the soup, but tasted excellent,

Corn beef soup. Saw mention of this being a family staple in the 1980s by someone in a food magazine. Found a suitable recipe and it turned our really good! Didn't blend this one, as plenty of chunky vegetables in it.

 

[DB9]

Corn Beef Soup sounds really nice