soup recipes please

[mimififi]

Hi there,

am cooking this afternoon for winter warmer recipes for tomorrow due to our nasty, wet, grey, cold weather that is signifying the end of the beginning! soon to be winter, boo: then Christmas, hurrah.

anyways, I have a pumpkin which I've made soup before from (not this actual pumpkin of course) but wondered if anyone has a superdouper recipe for it. I also have some old cauliflower that isn't relly good enough for steaming but isn't yet past it enough to throw on the compost.

So, anyone know any delicious pumpkin or cauliflower recipes please?????

thanks very much, as always
mimi
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[helliebobs]

Brocolli and stilton is easy to do:
chop some celery and a small onion and put in the bottom of a big saucepan with just enough water to cover. Add brocolli and more water if needed. Bring to the boil then let it simmer for about 5 or 10 minutes. Whizz it all up with a hand blender. Crumble some stilton (or cheddar if you don't like Stilton) into the mix and blend again.

[helliebobs]

Sorry, read your question properly this time!
For pumpkin soup I would whizz the pumpkin up with some orange juice and maybe some sweet potato, with a sprinkle of nutmeg. It'll be quite a sweet soup.

[mimififi]

sounds yummy, helliebobs! consider it a taken advice!

cheers
mimi
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[raysparx1]

Sorry to but in mimi

helli, can I please come round for dinner one day??? xx

[Clanad]

Pumpkin or cauliflower have I none, but what I do have I will freely give you mimi... the best winter chill chasing soup has to be this one... somewhat of an effort required, but well worth it:
Semi-Easy Hot and Sour Soup
4 cups chicken stock or broth (or 4 cups water and 4 chicken bouillon cubes)
3 tablespoons soy sauce (More, to taste if needed)
1/2 cup cooked Julienned chicken or pork
1/2 cup mushrooms, diced (We like the Chinese Wood Ear variety)
1/2 tablespoon garlic chili sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
1/2 teaspoon coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 cup white vinegar (More to taste, if neeed)
1/3 cup canned bamboo shoots, julienned
1/2 cup bean sprouts
3 oz block of tofu, cut into 1/4 inch dice
2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water
1 egg, beaten
2 green onion stalks, diced (including tops)
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1/2 cup seaweed (If you can find it)

1. Bring chicken broth to a simmer in a 2-quart saucepan.
2. Add soy sauce, shredded meat, mushrooms and garlic red chili paste.
3. Simmer for five minutes.
4. Add white pepper, white vinegar, bamboo shoots, tofu.
5. Simmer for five minutes.
6. Combine two tablespoons of cornstarch with two tablespoons of cold water in a cup. Stir until mixture is smooth. Add cornstarch mixture to soup and stir well.
7. Simmer for five minutes until soup is thickened.
8. Beat egg in a cup until yolk and white are combined. Pour beaten egg slowly, in a fine stream into soup. Stir soup several times.
9. Wait 30 seconds.
10. Add green onions and sesame oil to soup. Stir well. Remove from heat.
11. Serve hot.

[helliebobs]

Of course you can ray sweetcheeks, as long as you don't mind sitting on the floor!!
Clanad's recipe sounds delish as well!!

[shivvy]

Hi mimififi,
A very basic cauliflower soup is lovely but what I like to do with it is melt some strong cheddar in the bottom of the bowl before you put the soup into the bowl. MMmmmmm!!!!

[mimififi]

ummmmmm! best recipe book in the world this answerbank malarki!

thanks to all. I will be making all of these soups for my guy fawkes party I think and I'll trial run them this weekend.

you guys are great. Cheers

p.s Hi clanad!

[willowman]

Try www.cooks.com, a website dedicated to, and listing thousands of recipes. It is american based so may have loads of recipes for pumpkins etc.

[willowman]

Out of curiosity just had a look at cooks.com. There are 4990 recipes for pumpkin - although I think some of those are duplicates. Great site if you're stuck for ideas.