Don’t let the chill of winter get you down. These flavour-packed soup recipes from H&G’s Food Editor, The Cordony Kitchen are a cinch to make and sure to warm you up in no time at all. From a European-style bean soup and a brothy Abruzzo-style delight, to Asian-inspired aromatics and an indulgent French fix, wherever in the world your tastebuds call home, you’re sure to find the soup for you here.
French onion soup with taleggio croutons
With all the warming flavours of a typical slow cooked French dish – wine, stock, bay leaves and jus – paired with crunchy Taleggio-topped croutons, but coming together in a fraction of the time, this delicious French onion soup will make your winter dreams come true.
Tom kha-inspired lemongrass, ginger and coconut soup with dumplings
Asian-inspired flavours and an easy dumpling swap makes this Tom Kha-inspired soup a go-to when you have very little fresh produce in the house. If you don’t want just plain steamed dumplings, this lemongrass-infused coconut milk soup will make the perfect accompaniment for your frozen potstickers.
Warming golden chicken soup with crêpe ribbons (Scrippelle in brodo)
A delicious soup dish hailing from the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy, Scrippelle in brodo – or Scrippelle ‘mbusse as it’s known locally – combines the ever-comforting flavours of chicken soup with thin ribbons of crêpe for a simple-yet-comforting meal. Its origins are widely disputed, but it’s said to have been first created by accident when a chef accidentally dropped crêpes into a pot of boiling stock.
Creamy rustic leek and butter bean soup with yuzu
While distinctly European origins, channelling Tuscan peasant cooking and traditional Greek Fasolada – white bean soup – but with a distinctly Asian influence of yuzu, this rustic bean soup combines beans with leeks and citrus for a delicious and satisfying meal.
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Danielle Grover
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Dining and Cooking