Browsing: Soups
Hot And Sour Soup
This soup is a speciality of the province of Szechuan in western China and has a most unusual but very attractive taste. Sesame oil can be obtained from health food…
Bean Soup with Pistou #2
This is a light and evocative dish, filled with the tastes, colours and scents of approaching summer. It is extremely therapeutic to make, especially if you make the pistou by…
Chilled Tomato Soup (Gazpacho)
There are many versions of what is perhaps one of the two or three Spanish ”classic” dishes. This is a simple, basic version. It is traditionally served with a variety…
Meatball Soup (Sopa De Albondigas)
This spicy Mexican soup is traditionally served with hot tortillas. A clear consomme base may be substituted for the tomato one used here and 1/2 teaspoon of hot chilli powder…
Quarter-of-an-Hour Soup (Sopa al Cuarto de Hora)
This quaintly named Spanish soup is a filling mixture of seafood, ham and vegetables. It is so named because the main stage of cooking takes quarter of an hour.
Beef Soup with Kasha
Kasha–buckwheat groats is a basic ingredient of the Russian diet. It has a very distinctive flavor, so if you have never tasted it before, use it sparingly. Kasha is easy…
Chilled Cherry Soup
A soup that is quick, elegant, and most unusual. It is ideal for a Passover dessert, since it helps use up any leftover wine. At other times of the year,…
Chicken Soup with Ground Almonds
The ground almonds in this Polish recipe show a Sephardic influence. Ground almonds or almond meal can be bought in a specialty store, but you can easily grind 20 blanched…
Classic Jewish Chicken Soup
Chicken soup is a Jewish favorite all over the world. Among East European Jews it had a ritual significance because it was served to a bride and groom to break…
Lentil Soup
You can use water instead of beef broth, and vegetable shortening instead of chicken fat, in which case the soup becomes pareve. This version is very popular in Israel in…
Romanian Tomato Soup
Use meat broth instead of water if you are making this for a meat meal. A handful of herbs such as basil or oregano can be added, though this is…
Sopa de Albondigas
The most economical meat is chopped or ground, because it can be stretched with extenders such as grain or bread. This meatball soup, which has several names, is popular throughout…
Israeli Chicken Soup with Pasta
This is a slightly simplied form of a lemon-flavored chicken soup, popular in the North African communities of Israel. The Algerians prefer it mild, while the Tunisians add enough hot…
Cold Borscht
This is another Israeli favorite, and very refreshing in the hot summers of the Middle East. It is one of the few clear soups, although sometimes a few shreds of…
Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup
Sweet-and-sour flavors are as prevalent in Eastern European Jewish cooking as they are in Chinese. The caraway seeds are also extremely popular; my former husband, who was from Czechoslovakia, ate…