soup?

Maryanne · Post by **Maryanne** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:37 pm

sailorgirl wrote:I'm hopeful that we are heading into spring, and cool weather soup recipes out there?

This is such a great spring soup. The color is bright kelly green.... it looks and tastes nothing like winter pea soup.

It's a recipe from Ming Tsai. His restaurant is near here, and I've often enjoyed this soup for lunch on my spring birthday in May!

Creamless Fresh Pea Soup with Truffled Snow Pea Salad

(by Ming Tsai of Blue Ginger Restaurant, Wellesley, MA)

1 tablespoon canola oil
2 medium yellow onions, roughly chopped
1 tablespoon minced garlic
3 cups chicken stock or low-sodium, canned
3 cups shucked English peas
1 cup spinach leaves
4 tablespoons butter, cold and in pieces
Salt and black pepper to taste

In a hot saucepan, coat with oil and brown onions and garlic, about 5 minutes. Season. Add chicken stock and bring to a boil. The stock should taste salty, like pasta blanching water. Add the peas and cook until soft, about 5 to 8 minutes. Do not over-cook for they will darken. Check peas often. During the last minute, add the spinach. Immediately blend using a hand blender and when pureed, add the butter and blend well. Check for seasoning.

TRUFFLED SNOW PEA SALAD:

1 lime, juiced
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 tablespoon truffle oil
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 cup blanched, stringed snow peas, sliced lengthwise 1/8-inch
Salt and black pepper taste

In a bowl, whisk together juices and oils. Season with salt and pepper and check for seasoning. Toss well with snow peas.

PLATING Pre-heat the soup plates and ladle in the soup. Top with the salad and drizzle a little bit of truffle oil.

Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
User Rating: 5 Stars

sailorgirl · Post by **sailorgirl** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:43 pm

i'll give it a try

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:39 am

I've been making some kind of soup every night since Friday when John had to have tounge surgery (yowch!). I'm getting a little sick of soup but here are two recent ones that were good.

Monday's broccoli-cheddar soup with hot sauce:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2343943941/" title="broccoli soup by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/234 ... 4e0d62.jpg" width="450" height="500" alt="broccoli soup"></a>

Last night's smoky mushroom soup with creme fraiche, roasted shitakes, and scallion and truffle oils (this is my bowl since he can't chew the croutons):

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2343944183/" title="mushroom soup by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2009/234 ... b86483.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="mushroom soup"></a>

I've also made fish chowder and some carrot soup but don't have pictures of those up yet.

And, sailorgirl, I know you asked for spring recipes, but I have to tell you, it is snowing here right now!

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:56 am

I've got two spring soups from this week's dinners. The first is a green pea/lettuce soup that was in this past Sunday's Boston Globe magazine. The thing in the middle is a kind of gruyere crouton "souffle". I was trying to replicate a garnush I had in my soup at a restaurant called Troquet (I failed, but it was still good):

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2368748706/" title="pea soup by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2363/236 ... 638632.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="pea soup"></a>

And this one is a pureed soup consisting of green peas, asparagus, leeks, and green beans. There's parmesean on it, and the things on the side are shrimp toasts:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2368748552/" title="vegetable soup by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2034/236 ... ba3f29.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="vegetable soup"></a>

sailorgirl · Post by **sailorgirl** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:26 am

Thanks!

Maryanne · Post by **Maryanne** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:44 pm

The first pea soup looks the tastiest.. was it?
I missed that recipe... hm. That crouton-y thing looks good. I always have to have something substantial with my soup.

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:38 am

Yes, the first soup was terrific! The second soup came about because the night I made the first soup I thought we were going to want something as a second course so I made this:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2368748640/" title="shrimp closeup by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/236 ... 792976.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="shrimp closeup"></a>

and we did not eat a single bite of it! We just wanted the soup. So, the next night, I turned this dish into the soup and shrimp toast in the second picture. It was good but I really loved the fresh springlike flavor of the first soup. The second soup, even though it looks thinner, was actually richer because the vegetables had been tossed with a sauce I made from shrimp stock and thyme.

lisak428 · Post by **lisak428** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:56 am

liamsaunt,
any chance you could post a recipe for the shrimp, pea and asparagus dish? That looks amazing! Did you at least taste a little before you turned it into soup??
Thanks, Lisa

lark22 · Post by **lark22** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:52 pm

I tried this last summer, and it was fab...I guess you could use canned corn, but it's amazing with fresh.

Corn & potato chowder with bacon (pretty healthy).
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recip ... id=1646417

Can't WAIT for the farmer's market to start up again!

lark22 · Post by **lark22** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:58 pm

Just saw that Becky already posted a chowder recipe...I'm sure it's a lot better than the one above (especially since it has cheese!) The one I posted is good if you're watching calories, though – it uses pureed corn as a thickener, so it stretches the cream.

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:33 am

lisak428 wrote:liamsaunt,
any chance you could post a recipe for the shrimp, pea and asparagus dish? That looks amazing! Did you at least taste a little before you turned it into soup??
Thanks, Lisa

Hi Lisa, this is the recipe I used:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/109382

With the following changes: 1. I used thyme instead of tarragon 2. I added asparagus 3. I did not use NEARLY as much butter as the recipe calls for! I love butter, but this recipe is overboard. I used 2 tbsp. butter.

lisak428 · Post by **lisak428** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:43 pm

Liamsaunt,
Thank you so much. I will make it with your suggestions. It's funny, before I asked you for the recipe, I did a search on epicurious with the ingredients I could see from your picture. I didn't locate it due to the asparagus being your addition. I love asparagus so that's what drew me to the recipe. Thanks again.
Lisa

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:15 am

More soup last night. This one I made up. The broth is a mix of chicken stock and water that I steeped with bonito flakes. This was my first time using bonito flakes at home and when I strained out the broth the smell was so strong I actually started gagging! Ack! I thought I was going to die from the smell while my garbage disposal was grinding up the bonito.

But, once I doctored up the broth with mirin, ginger, garlic, soy, and a little sugar, it tasted really good. The vegetables are bok choy and napa cabbage, there are some unidentified noodles I bought at the Asian market, soft tofu that I poached in the broth, and a poached egg on top.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2383566749/" title="tofu noodle soup broken egg by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/238 ... a1b7e5.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="tofu noodle soup broken egg"></a>

mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:01 am

hey, i'm not good with egg poaching but have you seen those new poach pods? I got them and they work pretty well!

sailorgirl · Post by **sailorgirl** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:34 pm

Forecast for Saturday rainy and chilly... sounds like to soup to me. Im reviewing my options

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