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    Is it possible to make soup out of yellow courgettes. I have a huge overload of yellow ones - long ones and round ones, small ones and giant ones !! Help !!

  • #2
    You are making me doubt myself - but I see no reason why not

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    • #3
      I should say so, margotay! Here is one of my fave courgette soup recipes. It's delish.

      Courgette, potato & cheddar soup | BBC Good Food
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      • #4
        Originally posted by Noosner View Post
        I should say so, margotay! Here is one of my fave courgette soup recipes. It's delish.

        Courgette, potato & cheddar soup | BBC Good Food
        Noosner is right this is a very good soup. I know it sounds a bit dodge, but it really is good. I've made 2 batches so far.

        Don't discriminated just because there yellow, treat them all the same
        Last edited by Small pumpkin; 25-09-2014, 05:01 PM. Reason: Forgot stuff

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        • #5
          Thank you .That sounds yummy !!

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          • #6
            You can make soup our of any veg.
            What I do is :
            put on a big pot of stock and add : 2 or 3 sliced leeks, roughly grated courgettes and carrots. You can add some lentils, or some flaked chick peas, or anything elses that you fancy and let it cook for 15 mins. Freezes well.

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            • #7
              I can make soup out of any veg too
              What I do is :

              Keep the left over cooked veg from the evening meal, and some of the water left in the bottom of the steamer. Chuck it in the soup maker, add a stock cube (or use stock instead of vegetable steaming water, if we have some on-the-go), and maybe a chilli and press the START button

              The soup maker has to be one of the best gadgets in our kitchen; means I am "bothered" (not that it takes any) to make myself something sensible for lunch instead of eating a packet of Hobnobs and I use up all sorts of left overs that would otherwise have been chucked.
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              • #8
                Just in case of interest mine looks like this:



                I only use it for Soup but it makes Smoothies too and blends, has a Coffee/Nut Grinder and an egg boiler, and can steam veg
                Last edited by Kristen; 26-09-2014, 07:03 AM.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Kristen View Post
                  The soup maker has to be one of the best gadgets in our kitchen; means I am "bothered" (not that it takes any) to make myself something sensible for lunch instead of eating a packet of Hobnobs and I use up all sorts of left overs that would otherwise have been chucked.
                  What does a soup maker actually do to make the soup, have always wondered. I just make mine by boiling everything up in a pan and then hand blending which works brilliantly as you can blend as smooth or rough as you want. Is a soup maker in some way more flexible? It never says on the literature and have never met anybody who has bought one.

                  Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                  Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                  • #10
                    Its a combine Blender and Heater. In that sense no different to you boiling everything in a pan and hand blending ... except that you can leave the thing to do it by itself. Not sure how it works as I don't think it is works solely on a timer, so must monitor temperature or something. It blends now-and-again during cooking (might just be distributing the heat, or maybe it is initially breaking up the material as it softens), and more continuously at the end

                    So ... just the lazy (or time-saving if you will!) way that you are doing it.

                    I'd really like an old fashioned Mouli (food mill / ricer) like my mother had - proper indestructible metal job, whereas now all I can find for sale are pathetic plastic etc. versions that just would not stand up to crushing pulp like the old ones did ... the soup I make in the Spring from the Asparagus stumps definitely needs milling as it is blinking hard work to get it through a Chinois
                    Last edited by Kristen; 26-09-2014, 09:25 AM.
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                    • #11
                      That seems a bit elaborate too me

                      What is wrong with a good ole saucepan. Although you are stuffed if you burn the bottom of the soup as soup is not forgiving and you have to start again

                      My basic soup recipe is chop onion and soften with a bit of butter. Take off heat add a bit of flour about a tablespoon and stir (if you used a lot of butter it will ball otherwise it should like large sandy bits) Make up 3/4 - 1 pint of stock add a little at a time and stir. Once all in return to heat add whatever chopped veg you like and spices. Cook for 30-45 mins (stirring occasionally so not to burn the bottom ) then blitz and served topped with either cream, greenery or croutons.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Kristen View Post
                        I'd really like an old fashioned Mouli (food mill / ricer) like my mother had - proper indestructible metal job, whereas now all I can find for sale are pathetic plastic etc. versions that just would not stand up to crushing pulp like the old ones did ... the soup I make in the Spring from the Asparagus stumps definitely needs milling as it is blinking hard work to get it through a Chinois
                        You need this site, we got a scratter off the, and the service was great http://www.tompress.com/, don't blame me though if you spend a lot, I could get very carried away.......

                        Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                        Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                        • #13
                          First thing up was a sous vide ... been thinking about getting an immersion circulation cooker thingie ... Oh Dear! ITS ALL YOUR FAULT Alison
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                          • #14
                            Struggling with why I would need one of these ... or how to justify it!!!



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                            • #15
                              Hopefully this is what I am after. Big enough diameter (24cm), stainless steel not plastic, and has the requisite 3 mesh sizes of grilles that others which I have looked at lack. Thanks



                              Moulin à légume inox 24 cm - Tom Press
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