Leftover Soup that Doesnt Taste Like Leftovers
From dond 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 4
I made this entirely out of what I found in the refrigerator this evening. It turned out so well that I thought I'd share it while the recipe is fresh in my otherwise failing memory. Virtually everything in this soup can be changed, but this is the dish that we had and thoroughly enjoyed.
Ingredients
- 3 parsnips, peeled and diced into small pieces shopping list
- 3 carrots, peeled and diced into small pieces shopping list
- 1 stalk celery, finely diced shopping list
- 1/2 yellow onion, finely diced shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, finely diced shopping list
- 1/2 butternut squash, peeled and diced into small pieces shopping list
- 5 cups chicken stock shopping list
- 3 scallions, finely chopped shopping list
- 2 plum tomatoes, seeded and coarsely chopped shopping list
- 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley shopping list
- 3 tablespoons olive oil shopping list
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter shopping list
- salt and pepper shopping list
How to make it
- Heat the stock in a two quart saucepan.
- When the stock reaches a simmer, add the parsnips and carrots and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Add the squash and continue simmering for another 7 or 8 minutes.
- While these vegetables are cooking, heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan.
- Sauté the garlic for a minute or two. Don't let it burn.
- Add the onions and continue to sauté until the onions begin to soften.
- Add the butter and stir.
- Add the scallions and celery and continue cooking for 4 minutes.
- Add some fresh herbs (sage, tarragon, bay leaf)
- Add the tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes soften.
- Season to taste and remove from heat.
- Stir in the parsley.
- Working in batches, purée the cooked vegetables from both pans, along with the stock, in a blender until smooth.
- Pass the puréed soup through a fine sieve back into the original sauce pan.
- Reseason to taste and heat until just simmering. Cook about 5 minutes.
- Serve topped with a tablespoon of sour cream or yogurt.
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