MMM...? Courgette soup

[Tigerhair]

You mentioned this somewhere, could you post the recipe?
Thanks

[Millymollymandy]

Here you are - thankfully I had it already typed up!!


COURGETTE, BASIL AND PARMESAN SOUP

3 1/2 lbs (1.575kg) courgettes
4oz (110g) butter
2 onions
3 pints (1600ml) well flavoured stock
3oz (75g) parmesan
Big bunch of basil

Sweat chopped onions in butter with the pan covered over a low heat.

Slice courgettes and put on top of the onions and let them sweat with the lid on for about 10 minutes.

Add half the stock and bring to the boil. Simmer until tender. Stir in most of the basil roughly chopped.

Process when cool.

Now add most of the parmesan and the rest of the stock. Reheat gently. Season with salt and pepper if necessary.

Serve with a bit of parmesan sprinkled on the top and a few basil leaves to decorate.


I also made curried courgette soup which was easy - just sweat an onion, a chopped up spud or two and a load of courgettes. Add a couple of teaspoons of curry powder. Add stock, cook a bit then liquidise. Voila!

[ina]

My standard recipe:

Sweat off chopped onions in butter or oil, add loads of chopped courgettes and very little water plus veggie bouillon. Cook until soft. Wizz through until creamy, add pepper and nutmeg, finish off with cream and chopped parsley. Addition of garlic (at the sweated onions stage) optional.

[ina]

No edit button again to take out my spelling mistakes! I'll just have to learn not to send off the posts so quickly...

[Millymollymandy]

And there appear to be NO moderators for this forum either! (otherwise I'd have edited your post to save your blushes Ina! )

[chadspad]

Can I use oxo cubes as the stock or does it need to be a vegetable stock?

[Millymollymandy]

Aaarrggh no, not courgette soup time is it?

I wouldn't use beefy stock cubes. Personally I don't like meat stock in a veg soup, but a lot of people are happy with chicken stock cubes. I think it is up to you!

(Chadspad pls go into the livestock section and see the photo I posted for you!)

[Millymollymandy]

I should point out that last year I found that amount of liquid to be too much - maybe it was because my courgettes were bigger and exuded more liquid? So go easy everyone on the stock and after liquidising just add what you may or may not need to suit you.

[chadspad]

Will get some veg stock cubes then and give it a go - thanks M3

[ina]

Can I use oxo cubes as the stock or does it need to be a vegetable stock?

Any stock you like - as a veggie I use veg stock, of course, but I know a lot of folks use chicken stock.

[chadspad]

I have some chicken stock so will try with that. Will go with the curried type soup too I think - made a carrot and curry the other day that was delicious!

[chadspad]

I have just made some of the courgette and curry soup and it was delicious!! I thought it might be really watery and not being a huge fan of courgettes, not very flavoursome but I added some chillis too and used chicken stock. Thick and yummy!

[Shirley]

I think courgette soup is one of my all time favourites now - I do add other bits and bobs too though - never the same recipe twice

[hmk]

My favourite courgette soup recipe (and the one way I can persuade DH, who thinks courgettes are a waste of space, to eat them) is even simpler.

Grate courgettes and put in pan with butter, pepper, salt and grated nutmeg. Cook gently until courgette is soft. Puree, check seasoning and serve. It tastes as though you've added cream.

The othet tip I've heard, but not tried (and which isn't very selfsufficientish) is to add a cheese triangle (eg laughing cow/Dairylea) to any courgette soup. Supposed to be v nice, but I like the basic version

Hazel

[Millymollymandy]

Just eaten some of last year's courgette soup for dinner the last couple of nights! Thankfully we aren't getting so many courgettes this year.