soups
A variety of soup recipes and suggestions.
German pea soup (erbsensuppe)
This is a simple German pea soup (erbsensuppe) recipe with potatoes and Wiener Würstchen sausages. It is as comforting as it is delicious.
Quick vegetable stock
This vegetable stock is ideal base for a vegetable soup or to flavor a risotto while being able to use great tasting vegetables of poor looks, or vegetable odds and ends.
Dashi
Dashi is a type of Japanese stock. Dashi is the base for miso soup, and it is used to make broth, Japanese noodle soup and other recipes.
Potato soup from Norway
This recipe could be included in a Norwegian lunch menu.
Turkey stock
Egg and lemon soup (avgolemono)
Avgolemono, as this delicate egg and lemon soup is known, is probably the favorite soup in Greece. It is usually served as starter in Greek celebrations.
Greek lentil soup
Lentil soup is popular in the Greece menu when the Greek Orthodox Church prohibits eating meat or fish, especially during the Great Lent and Good Friday. Lentils are a good source of iron and proteins. Lentil soup is straight forward to make and it can be prepared without oil, if necessary.
White bean soup
This is the Galician white bean soup recipe, known as caldo gallego adapted to the ingredients at hand.
Swiss cabbage soup
The cheese on top of this soup changes from canton to canton. Expect Gruyere in French cantons, Emmentaler if you are in one of the German cantons, and Parmesan in Italian ones.
Italian super soups
Everyone is familiar with Italian pasta dishes. Lasagna and spaghetti are consumed the world over. Pizza is eaten even in small villages in India.