Puree soup is a dish that is notable for its thickness and consists of mashed cereals, vegetables, fish, meat or poultry. Very often it is used in diet food. The basis is usually water, vegetable broth, fish or meat broth. And in order for the soup to acquire a thick consistency, it is necessary to cook various foods (legumes, vegetables) until cooked, then wipe them with a sieve and put them back in the pan. Most often, such a dish is served with crackers or croutons.
This article will discuss recipes that are great for a summer meal. Indeed, at this time of the year there are a lot of vegetables, so it is not necessary to use fish or meat at all.
One of the options for mashed potato soup is very simple to prepare. You will need 180 grams of potatoes, 10 grams of flour, 20 grams of leeks, 75 milliliters of milk, 10 grams of butter, a little yolk, greens. Chop the white part of the leek and passer. Then combine it with potatoes, fill with broth and cook in a saucepan covered with a lid. Vegetables and potatoes must be wiped through a sieve. At this time, prepare white sauce from a portion of the broth and flour, put the mashed mass in it and cook for 15 minutes. Next, the soup is brought to a boil, rubbed again, and at the very end it is placed in a water bath. Potato soup should be seasoned with a mixture of milk and yolk, you can put butter and salt in it.
In the cooking process, you can add more vegetables. For example, try boiling potato soup using the following recipe: take three potatoes, five carrots, a celery root, two stalks of leek, three tablespoons of butter and salt. Now all vegetables (celery, leeks and carrots) must be cut and stewed in a pan greased with butter. Then fill them with hot water (boiled) or vegetable broth, if you have one. Add potatoes, finely chopped, salt and continue cooking until tender. Now you can pour the broth into a separate bowl, and rub the vegetables through a sieve. You can use a mixer or blender. Now combine the resulting mass again with the broth and bring to a boil. Before serving, such a mashed potato soup is seasoned with butter.
And here is another diet recipe. It is useful if you want to cook mashed soup from zucchini. You will need one zucchini, 200 grams of cauliflower, three potatoes, half a glass of milk, 50 grams of cheese, one onion. Put in a saucepan potatoes, diced, zucchini - with cubes, cabbage - divided into inflorescences. All this should be filled with water (three glasses) and cook until the potatoes are ready. Now get the vegetables with a slotted spoon, chop them in a blender. Pour the resulting puree with a glass of broth. Then add the grated cheese, milk, salt, bring to a boil and cook until the cheese melts. Zucchini soup puree , the recipe of which was presented, is served with herbs and croutons.
And here’s the recipe for pumpkin lovers. You will need 500 grams of pulp of this vegetable, 1 milliliter of cream, 800 milliliters of vegetable broth, one onion, a clove of garlic, a teaspoon of mustard seeds, three sprigs of parsley, olive oil and coconut flakes - one and a half tablespoons, salt, pepper. Take a pumpkin, wash it, cut into cubes. Garlic and onions are crushed, fried in olive oil with the addition of mustard seeds. Then they are transferred to a pot intended for soup. Pumpkin pulp goes there too. All this is poured with vegetable broth and put on gas. Continue to cook soup for half an hour. Then grind the contents of the pan with a blender right in it, add cream, salt, pepper, bring to a boil and remove from heat. This puree soup is served with coconut and parsley.
Enjoy your meal.