SOME SPECIAL AND DELICIOUS SOUP RECIPES

The most important ingredient to preparing a good soup is a well flavored stock.

What is a stock?
A stock is the liquid in which the food has been cooked for a longtime to obtain flavor and juice from them. Stock replaces water and is better than water.

You can use home made stocks or buy stock cubes. There are a number of stocks which include fish, vegetables, game and poultry etc.

I hope you will enjoy preparing these soups or one of these soups. !

The following are some nice and delicious soup recipes that you should try out;

1. CHICK PEA SOUP
- Sauté one diced onion and one diced carrot in 15ml olive oil in a saucepan.
- Add 300g chick peas and 1.5 liters stock and simmer for 1 hour. Use soaked chick peas if you prefer.
- Add two diced tomatoes and 60ml olive oil and simmer for another 30 minutes.
- Season and add 60ml finely chopped fresh parsley.
- Serve with lemon wedges to add flavor if you want. Serve

2. BEETROOT SOUP
- Sauté 1 sliced leek, 1 chopped stick celery and diced medium potato in 30g butter.
- Add 500g cubed, cooked beetroot and 750ml vegetable stock.
- Cover and boil till vegetables are tender.
- Liquidize the soup and return it to the saucepan.
- Season with salt, cayenne peeper and a little fresh lemon juice.
- Stir in 125ml soured cream and reheat without boiling. Serve

3. OXTAIL SOUP
- Brown the oxtail in 25 ml oil. Remove it and put it aside.
- Fry one sliced onion, one sliced turnip, and one sliced celery stick.
- Add one litre stock and put it to boil slowly.
- Add 5ml salt, five black peppercorns and any other spice or herb that you would like to use for flavor.
- Cover and simmer for about three hours.
- Add about 120ml of barley and simmer it for one hour.
- Separate the meat from the bones and throw the bones away because you do not need them.
- Add seasoning if you want. Serve

4. MINESTRONE SOUP
You will need; 100g haricot beans, 1 litre sock or water, 2x15ml spoons olive oil, 25g chopped lean bacon, 2 chopped onions, 1 clove of crushed garlic, 2 chopped carrots, half of a small cabbage shredded, 3 sliced tomatoes, 50g of macaroni, 50g peas, salt and pepper and cheese grated
Procedure;
- Soak the haricot beans for a night.
- Heat olive oil in a deep pan and fry the bacon, onions, celery, and carrot and crushed garlic.
- Add the stock, haricot beans, seasoning and tomatoes and bring to boil and simmer it for about one and a half hours.
- Add macaroni, peas, cabbage, and simmer for another 15 minutes
- Serve with the grated cheese.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED
Sauté- is to fry food quickly in hot oil or butter.
To Dice/diced- is cutting food into small cubes.

Thank you for reading.

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