Midweek Meals: Warm and comforting soups for the winter cold

We're well and truly into the winter months now - here's five warm and cosy bowls you can make at home
Midweek Meals: Warm and comforting soups for the winter cold

Warmer Winter Five Soups

Winter vegetable and bean soup with spicy sausage

By:darina Allen Recipe

The Fridge A Use To Your Contents Up Of Great Way

Winter vegetable and bean soup with spicy sausage

Servings

8

Time Preparation

45 mins

Time Cooking

20 mins

Total Time

1 hours 5 mins

Course

Starter

ingredients

  • Streaky (8oz) Inch) Bacon, (1/4 Rindless 225g 5mm Into Lardons Cut

  • Olive Oil 2 Tbsp

  • Chopped (8oz) 225g Onions,

  • (10oz) Carrot, 5mm Dice Into Inch) (1/4 300g Cut

  • Inch) Dice 5mm (1/4 Into 1/2oz) Celery, 215g Chopped (7

  • Chopped (4 125g Inch) (1/4 Parsnips, 1/2oz) Dice 5mm Into

  • Of Slices White Thick 5mm Leek, 200g Approx Inch) 1 (1/4 (7oz) Part

  • 1 Cut Slices Into (1/8 Thin 3mm Kabanossi Inch) Sausage,

  • Tin 400g (1 14oz) X Tomatoes Of

  • Sugar Freshly Ground And Pepper Salt,

  • 7 1 Stock, Pints) Homemade Good Litres Chicken (3

  • Cooked * Beans, 225g Haricot (8oz)

  • for Garnish: The

  • Parsley, Chopped Freshly Tbsp 2

  • Virgin Extra Oil (optional) Olive

method

  1. Of Are Add Cook Bees Rest The Cover Add Until With At Chopped Sauté Sweat Onion, Taste Chopped Put Seasoning Bottom And The A And Chop Prepare Approx And And Stock The And Tomatoes Thinly Vegetables Minutes Kabanossi Finely The The Add Crisp Lots Carrots (see Add All The And Next Saucepan, And Oil Further With Vegetables A Until With Bread Cover Sprinkle Vegetables With Of Minutes Pepper Add Olive The Crusty Add Beans The A To In Sausage And It And For Recipe) Olive Oil, For Golden, Heat Sweat Medium And Ground Parsley Bacon* Allow The Leeks The Freshly Sliced Over To The Extra Minutes, Parsnip 20 Tender, Slice Serve Of And Note Five Correct Virgin 5 And The Sugar, Salt, Season Drizzle The Celery Chicken

  2. From And Beans Are – Water Fresh Cold * Beans Salt Remove Simmer And 30 Strain The Minutes Bouquet Plenty Onion, Before With Bouquet Add Cold Mushy Anything The Add Soft In Of Garni Discard Of Cooking, Soak Next Vegetables And Water, Not Until And Beans Overnight The And Cover Just A The The Carrot Day, End Garni, Cover 60 But

  3. Kitchen Is With Cover And Cold Small To The Boil The If Put Dry And Water A Bring Into On Saucepan, Strain note: Salty, Very Paper Bacon

Chestnut and wild mushroom soup

Maguire Recipe By:neven

It's You Time Perfect Ahead Make Christmas Starter Can Free Of This The Stress Soup

Chestnut and wild mushroom soup

Servings

6

Preparation Time

30 mins

Time Cooking

30 mins

Total Time

60 mins

Course

Starter

ingredients

  • Mixed Dried Mushrooms, Wild 50g Crushed

  • Rapeseed Tbsp Oil 1

  • Or 450g Vacuum Peeled (canned Packed), Chestnuts Chopped

  • Finely 1 Large Chopped Onion,

  • Chopped Thyme 1 Fresh Tsp

  • Wine 50ml Madeira

  • 1 Chicken Vegetable Litres 2 Stock Or

  • 200ml Cream

  • Salt Pepper Freshly Black And Ground Sea

  • Fresh Garnish To Chives, Snipped

  • Herbs, Fresh Garnish Micro To

method

  1. Liquid A Minutes, And And For The Put Up Cover Bowl The Aside Squeeze Set Mushrooms In 20 Heatproof Dry, Gently Mushrooms Until Dried Wild 400ml Over Reserving They Oz) Boiling Soaking The Have Of Drain Pour Plumped Water (14 To Fl

  2. And Sweat The Season Brown, Golden Add Minutes, To Chestnuts, Pan Stirring A Add Taste Occasionally Gently And Onion Large Heat Mushrooms Until The Oil And The Drained Wild 10 For

  3. Heat As Through Liquid, Thyme Pan Blender Bine Minutes And Possible Cream For For Add In The And The Boil, Reduce Madeira The To Then Stock, Heat 1 To Until Stir Then The Smooth Hand A Simmer The Minute, With To Stirring The As Reserved Allow To Bring And Whizz Another The Soaking 20 Held With Wine

  4. Foamy, Until Light Taste, To Get Season The Tilting Effect Then Pan And To Again Maximum The Blend

  5. The Micro One Ladle The And Warmed To Serve, With Each Chives Soup Herbs Bowls Into Garnish

Leek and chard soup with tarragon

By:currabinny Cooks Recipe

Plenty Buttered Bowls In With This Crusty Hot Deep Serve Of Bread, White Enthusiastically

Leek and chard soup with tarragon

Servings

4

Preparation Time

10 mins

Time Cooking

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

Course

Starter

ingredients

  • Oil Tbsp 1 Olive

  • Butter 50g

  • Thinly Large Greens Discarded, Leeks, Whites 2 Sliced

  • Litres Of Good Stock 5 Chicken Or Veg 1

  • Lemon Zest Half Small Of A

  • Of Bunch Tarragon, A Roughly Chopped Small

  • Good ( Use Leaves Handful For The A Stems Chard Of Another Dish)

  • Cubed Peeled And 2 Potatoes, Medium

  • Handful Small A Of Chopped Parsley,

  • Freshly And Salt Cracked Sea Pepper Black

method

  1. And Pot Leeks Everything Soften The And Medium Heat Heat Melted And In Bring Add A Pour Butter Oil And Potatoes, The Leaves Chicken Zest The Season Before Over Boil In Or Let With The To Lemon The Simmer Chard Stock Ingredients Large Over The Coating 5 Pot For Cover Around A Add The The To Casserole Reducing Minutes Butter Oil And And

  2. On 15 The For Gentle Garnish) Then Check Add Parsley Tarragon The It Simmer Low, The And Seasoning Let Minutes Of (reserving Some Around And For Heat A Most

  3. Be The Through Cooked Has Soup Potato Once The Ready To Should Serve

Hot and sour soup

Course A Little As A Or Supper A Of Can Light This Make It Gorgeous To As Or Have Soup Be You Starter Just Or Course, Lunch Can Main It Adapted Chinese A

Hot and sour soup

Servings

4

Preparation Time

5 mins

Time Cooking

10 mins

Total Time

15 mins

Course

Main

ingredients

  • 3 Garlic Cloves Of

  • Fresh Ginger Of 2cm

  • Pork 300g Mince

  • 6 Onions Spring

  • Tofu 450g Firm Of

  • 200g Chestnut Mushrooms

  • Litre 1 Stock Chicken

  • Tsp Sugar 3

  • White 120ml Or Vinegar, Wine Wine Rice Vinegar

  • 3 Sauce Soy Tbsp

  • Tsp 1 Pepper Black Ground

  • 1 Sriracha Tbsp

  • Of Fresh Spinach 100g

  • 3 Eggs

  • Pepper Oil And White Sesame Toasted To Finish

method

  1. Dish Tip A About Changer Years First Quick Next, The The Aside Efficient, It Wash, For And Thumb Removes To Onions, Skin And Fresh The The None The Away The Root To A Game In I Of The Upside Ago, Of Preparing And Peel By A Head Setting Toasted Tablespoons The Lawson Spoon For Is A Skin, Serve It Your Forefinger And Head The Flesh Saucepan And Ginger Spring Simply Spoon Garlic When Grip You Use Was Nigella Saw Trim A A And Do Grate Quick And When Few Sesame A The Peel A Use Its Spoon Scrape Third You Chop Oil Between Fresh Large Of Few This Heat Ginger, Only

  2. Is Reduce Up To For For Pork Leave And Texture Once Sesame To Pletely Clumps So Minute Do The Medium Break Ginger The Minced Minutes, And Spring All Like Add Or Pork Up To Garlic For Sautee Two, Onion Break A The Of Taste, Oil And Some Little It About The Hot, I Add Five Cook Occasionally And Heat Stirring Not Minced A Then Them And The It Pork

  3. Pepper, About Centimetre Are Add For Soup To Through Slices Sugar The Per The Serve, Bowl, Ready Eggs To You Whisk Five Slice Vinegar, Mushroom Simmer Along Little Minutes Cut Aim Those, Before Bring With A Tofu For Black More Normal, Mushrooms, Chunks The About Sauce, Keep Egg One The The Just In The Sriracha, Into A Pour And Them Pot Stir Thicker Into Soy Than Now A Four And It The

  4. As Adjust Up Seasoning The More You Heat, If Want And You Needed Increase To Just If And Taste Adjust To Your Vinegar It Own Add Want Sriracha To Sourness The The Taste Amp More

  5. Per Beautiful Bowl White Serve Person, Of Steaming Spring Drizzle Some Of A With Of Finishing Onions, A Chopped This Sesame A Toasted Pepper Soup Sprinkle Each Bowl Of Big The Off And Oil Remaining

Fridge raid soup

By:tom Kerridge Recipe

Roughly If These The Add For Follow Beans Ratios Anything Use Bacon, Swap Pasta, Only Veg Lentils, Or Chicken Delicious Always Chorizo Taste – Of You Goes Veg, It And Stock Will

Fridge raid soup

Servings

4

Time Preparation

10 mins

Cooking Time

30 mins

Time Total

40 mins

Course

Main

Cuisine

Irish

ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Sausages, Cooking Chorizo 3 Sliced

  • Large 1 Onion, Diced

  • Carrots, 2 Large Diced

  • Sticks, 3 Celery Diced

  • Leaves Thyme 2tbsp

  • 1l Chicken Stock

  • 400g Tin Chopped Tomatoes

  • Orzo 150g Pasta Small Or Shapes

  • Peas 150g Frozen

  • Of Chopped Handfuls Kale, 2 Roughly Large

  • And Pepper Black Ground Salt Freshly

  • Finish: to

  • Virgin Extra Olive Oil

  • Finely Grated Parmesan

method

  1. Just Let Or Celery Oil Add Until Further And The They And Render To Cook And Sauté Minutes The Large Or Carrots Saucepan In Five A Around Slowly Oil For In The The A Onion, Olive Chorizo For Slices, Begin Until Add Five Softened Them Caramelise Heat Minutes

  2. And Five Reduce The Simmer A Before Thyme, Boil The For And Tomatoes To Minutes Cook Add Bring Stock Heat The Pasta Chicken Adding To And Tinned The

  3. Almost Minutes For Simmer Until Cooked Or Stir Pasta And Well Is The 12

  4. The Season And For Pepper Until And Peas To Toss In Minutes And Simmer Taste Stir Few With Kale A Well Frozen Salt Tender The Kale, Is

  5. Serve Drizzle Add Oil And Into Of Virgin A Sprinkling Warmed Ladle Soup A Then Bowls The Olive Parmesan, Of Extra

More in this section

Cookie Policy Privacy Policy Brand Safety FAQ Help Contact Us Terms and Conditions

Group Echo Examiner Limited ©