What’s more satisfying than a bowl of soup: hot or cold, light or hearty, smooth or chunky. You can make extra to freeze for future quick meals and recipes needn’t be too precise, they’re a great way to use up what’s on hand, so be inspired to add your own touch to my favourite soup recipes.
Tom Yum Goong (Hot & Sour Prawn Soup) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Thai cooking class inspired by David Thompson! Hot and sour soups are a classic on Thai menus. Although the version containing prawns – tom yum goong (dtom yam gung) – is perhaps the best known in Australia, ‘tom’ simply means […]
Bajan Corn Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Caribbean cooking class inspired by Paul Carmichael! Hearty corn soup is popular in many parts of the Caribbean, including Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados. This is my take on the Barbadian version inspired by a recipe Paul Carmichael gave me – I love the three different […]
Rasam Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Indian cooking class inspired by Ajoy Joshi! Rasam is a spicy, tangy southern Indian soup that’s a great start to any meal, especially served with some crisp papadums; it’s also fun in shot glasses for a cocktail party. It’s traditionally served as a light meal over steamed […]
Vietnamese Chicken Rice Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! Every culture seems to have a chicken soup that’s the universal panacea, and in Vietnam it’s cháo gà. Similar to Chinese congee, this Vietnamese chicken rice soup is generally a breakfast dish, often served with omelette. Cháo […]
German Potato & Chervil Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Swiss cooking class! German potato and chervil soup (kerbelsuppe) is traditionally eaten on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday which celebrates the Last Supper – in German this day is also known as Gründonnerstag (‘green Thursday’). Some traditional recipes thicken kerbelsuppe with […]
Chicken Avgolemono Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! Avgolemono is a classic Greek combination of egg (avgo), lemon (lemono) and stock to create a tangy soup or sauce. As a soup avgolemono is usually made from chicken stock with rice cooked in it, a typical example […]
La Ribollita Discover more Italian regional specialties on one of my small-group food & wine tours to Italy The famous Tuscan soup, La Ribollita, is a classic example of delicious cucina povera (peasant cooking). The name literally means ‘the reboiled’ as it was created to use up leftover beans and vegetables cooked for Friday, the […]
French Onion Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Soup, bread, cheese: three of my favourite comfort foods. I love French onion soup because it combines all three! Beef stock is considered the traditional base, but I often use chicken stock or just water. Sometimes I use […]
Watercress Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online British cooking class! I love the pepperiness of watercress but picking the leaves for a salad can be quite tedious. You’ll need about 2 bunches for this watercress soup, but the beauty is there’s no picking required, you can use almost all of it, just discard […]
Turkish Lentil Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Turkish cooking class inspired by Somer Sivrioglu! I lived on this delicious lentil soup when I was in Türkiye for three months in 1988. My recipe is adapted from one that I had on the Black Sea coast made by a young lady called Zerrin. […]