Fall and winter soup thread....

[MC Moot]

Post your recipes,please...I was torn between butternut squash or this one but I have vinegar on my mind at the moment...

Spanish Bean Soup

2 cans garbanzo beans, rinsed
1 hambone
2 quarts vegetable broth (or water)
1 tsp spanish smoked paprika
1 diced big white onion
1 lb quartered potatoes
1 pinch saffron
1 Chorizo (Spanish sausage)

In soup pot (ceramic umbrian bellied,everyone should have one)....add rinsed beans, hambone, 2 quarts vegetable broth...
Simmer 30 min...
Fry onion in a little olive oil,till transluscent add paprika...
Add to the beans and broth...
Add quartered or diced potatoes, saffron, and sliced Chorizo...
Reduce heat,cook it slow and low for at least 4 hours...

Plate or bowl it up and have a balsamic vinegar to let your fellow diners drizzle on top of the soup...(the vinegar is key to this dish)...goes well with a rioja or ice cold beer and a little baguette....:)

Veg option:My sister replaces the sausage with carrots/minced celery and excludes the ham bone and it still works quite nicely....

[abcdefz]

This soup is insanely good. Serve it with aioli.


Arcadian garlic soup
Yield: 4 servings


20 Cloves Garlic, unpeeled
5 tablespoon Olive Oil
5 cup Chicken Stock
2 teaspoon Fresh Thyme
½ teaspoon Salt
White Pepper
3 Egg Yolks
Sliced French Bread or Toast
Grated Cheese
Blanch the garlic for 1 minute, drain and peel. Cook it, but do not let it brown, in half the oil for 10 minutes. Add the stock, thyme,
salt and plenty of white pepper. Simmer for 30 minutes and check the seasoning. Sieve or blend the soup, keeping a few garlic
cloves whole. Return the soup to its saucepan and keep hot. Beat the egg yolks and gradually add the remaining oil. Stir a couple
of spoonfuls of the soup into the egg mixture, remove the soup from the heat and add the egg in a thin stream, stirring well. Serve
immediately with sliced French bread or toast, and a sprinkling of grated cheese in each bowl. Variation: Omit the oil and egg yolk
mixture and poach six fresh eggs in the simmering, un-pureed soup. The Great Garlic Cookbook, by Sophie Hale

[MC Moot]

^ *electrical hazard ensues from drool on keyboard*.....(y)

Now I must have aioli tonight.....

[abcdefz]

Seriously, that soup is outrageously good. I've made it for friend for years and everybody always wants a batch.

Peeling all the garlic is a job of work, though, if you're making a huge batch. But fresh is best.

[MC Moot]

nah,I've got mad knife skills and a sound method for peeling garlic,end them,turn blade sideways give a little push and that skin comes off whole....you ever dip pollo empanadas into aioli?.....shit's so good it should be illegal.....:D

[MC Moot]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1KSaUEu_T4

:D

[HEIRESS]

nothing beats a good broccoli cheddar soup

I dont really have a recipe, but I like adding extra aged white cheddar the best.
its a quick meal too because i buy those big bulk bags of broccolie, pre-chop it into iddy biddy pieces and then freeze them in single portions so i can whip up some soup real quick like post work.

[cosmo105]

sautee 1 finely chopped medium onion in olive oil until translucent, add 2-3 cloves garlic (ok 4-6), 2 cups chopped butternut squash, 1/4 cup quinoa, and salt and pepper and sautee 5 more minutes. add enough vegetable broth to cover, bring to a boil and simmer 15 minutes. mash the squash a little after it's tender to make it more stew-ish. i like adding a shitload of cayenne and curry powder too. mmmm.

[MC Moot]

sautee 1 finely chopped medium onion in olive oil until translucent, add 2-3 cloves garlic (ok 4-6), 2 cups chopped butternut squash, 1/4 cup quinoa, and salt and pepper and sautee 5 more minutes. add enough vegetable broth to cover, bring to a boil and simmer 15 minutes. mash the squash a little after it's tender to make it more stew-ish. i like adding a shitload of cayenne and curry powder too. mmmm.

nice nuff...I do a version similar to that but I puree it and hit it with some cream as well.....your version sounds much lighter and cleaner...never thought of the cayenne or curry....tres bien....(y)

[MC Moot]

LOBSTER BISQUE....I had some this weekend in Banff....I don't even want to know the recipe,I just know it's replaced sushi as my favorite meal in that town....sooo very good and reasonably priced at $17 with a 1/2 baguette topped with a little brie and cherry tomato....(y)(y)(y)

[louise]

wintersoup : snert google it up if your interrested

[MC Moot]

I had some borscht this weekend,with a mad Polak telemarker...from a thermos at that....so very goddamn good...the only place beets belong,really....(y)