So Fall has arrived..over night! I rushed to my cupboard, where's the soup, where's the soup! Amazing how weather changes what we want to eat.
I rushed out to the store, and treated myself to Campbells Gardenney soup. The Black Bean and Red Pepper one. yum yum, worth the extra $$.
Now I am hoping someone out yonder has a recipe similar to this to share...pretty please...I looove soup season, but can't keep on buying the boxed stuff...I'll have no $$ left for home decor! :D
Anyone have a bean soup recipe??? :o
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DH always makes his famous Pea Soup at this time of the year his is so simple. Buys a Smoked Pork Hock put it in a Dutch Oven covers it with water and starts it boiling adds a bag of green split peas dices a couple carrots , onion, bay leaf salt and pepper to taste. a simmers it till the meat falls off the bone. Chops the meat and tosses the bone to the dogs and we have soup. It is always better the next day.
This is good too.....you can use a large chicken carcass and 1/2 the other ingredients.
large turkey carcass, broken up
4 tsp. salt
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped onion
1 - 19 oz. can tomatoes
1/4 cup pot barley
1/4 cup lentils
2 Tbsp. uncooked rice
1/4 cup chopped parsley
3 cups diced turkey
1 cup uncooked macaroni or noodles (optional)
Instructions:
In a large pot, place turkey carcass in 18 cups of water. Add salt and simmer for 5 hours. Strain and discard bones. Place broth in refrigerator overnight to solidify fat - it will lift off very easily. The broth will be jelly-like. Heat broth in a large pot, add remaining ingredients and simmer 2 - 3 hours. Serve with crusty bread . YUM !
The family loves it.
6 leeks (only the white part not the dark green) washed very well and sliced.
2 or 3 large onions
one fourth cup unsalted butter
6 large potatoes (peeled and diced) you can use more if you like
chicken broth or 2 chicken cubes and water
salt
pepper
oregano (lots)
2 bay leaves
1 grated carrot for a bit of colour (optional)
sautee leeks in butter first before the onions because leeks take longer to change colour than the onions do.
add onions and saute
add chicken broth or the water and 2 cubes
add ptatoes, salt, pepper, oregano and bay leaves. cook for about 1 hour and a half.
enjoy. let me know how you like it.
Thanks Foxxy,
I've copied and printed that one.
Sounds delicious.
I use this recipe and add diced potatoes.
2 bunches leeks, washed well to remove any sand
1/4 cup butter
1/2 lb. (250 g) mushrooms, finely chopped
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 dashes cayenne pepper
1 cup chicken broth
3-4 cups whole milk
2 Tbsp. sherry
or 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
I make this soup often, serves 10 people.
1 lb. hot Italian sausage 500g
2 smoked pork hocks or 2-3 cups
(500-750ml) cubed ham
3 medium potatoes, peeled & cubed
2 medium onions, diced
3 celery stalks with leaves, chopped
5 carrots, peeled & diced
1 green pepper, seeded & chopped
1 cup chopped fresh parsley 250ml
or 2 Tbsp. dried (30ml)
3-14 oz. cans kidney beans 3-398ml
14 oz. can tomato sauce 398 ml
28 oz. can tomatoes, chopped 796ml
1-2 tsp. salt 5-10ml
1 tsp. pepper 5ml
1 tsp. hot pepper sauce 5ml
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 5ml
2 garlic cloves, crushed
Instructions:
Boil sausage to remove excess fat; cut into bite-sized pieces. Skin pork hocks and remove excess fat. Brown sausage and pork hocks in a large, heavy pot. Drain. Add all other ingredients and add just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil then reduce to simmer. Cover and cook for 2-3 hours. Remove pork hocks and cut meat into bite-sized pieces. Return meat to pot. Serve with crusty bread. Serves 8-10
I omit the ham hocks and often the ham. Depends what is in the frig. I add the hot sauce & worcestershire at the last minute and often not as much as the recipe calls for.
Taste and see is what I do.
Care to share your potato & leek recipe?
I've made a lot of soups, but never P&L...one of my all time favorites...
TIA
Must have been a call all across the land....I made butternut squash soup yesterday - it's the ginger that really makes it sing....yummmy!
I too love soup, especially on a cold fall day like today. Soooo Today I'm making leek and potatoe soup. Yum yum!!!!!!! Sorry, I don't have a good bean soup recipe.
thanks Hoochie. Much apprecaited. I'll try it for sure! yum yum
5 strips of bacon, diced
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
-Put this in a pot and cook until onion is tender and bacon fat is rendered, If theres a lot of fat, drain some or all of it.
4 cups chicken stock
2 cans black beans, drained
-Take half the beans and 1 cup of stock and puree until smooth, then add to the pot, along with the whole beans and the rest of the stock.
1 green/red/yellow bell pepper, chopped
1 cup salsa
1 cup frozen corn(optional)
1 - 1 1/2 tsp cumin
Simmer for about an hour, the soup will thicken a little and the color will deepen to a rich brown.
but I am at work right now - black bean soup with lots of colorful peppers and salsa for a kick - doesn't take too long to make either, Sorry, but you will have to wait 'till I get home for the recipe. In the meantime this is a fabulous recipe from Top Secret Recipes that is a take on Seinfeld's Soup Nazi creation.
Indian Mulligatawny Soup
4 quarts water (16 cups)
6 cups chicken stock
2 potatoes, peeled & sliced
2 carrots, peeled & sliced
2 stalks celery, with tops
2 cups peeled & diced eggplant (about 1/2 of an eggplant)
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup frozen yellow corn
2/3 cup canned roasted red pepper, diced
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup shelled pistachios
1/2 cup roasted cashews
1/2 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup butter
3 tablespoons sugar – next time I will use 2 TBSP
1/2 teaspoon curry powder – I used 1 Tbsp
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1 bay leaf
dash marjoram
dash nutmeg
1. Combine all ingredients in a large pot over high heat.
2. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 4-5 hours or until soup has reduced by more than half, and is thick and brownish in color. It should have the consistency of chili. Stir occasionally for the first few hours, but stir often in the last hour. The edges of the potatoes should become more rounded, and the nuts will soften. Serve hot. ([url]http://www.topsecretrecipes.com[/url])