First course - it is the most important component of the diet of all people. Since childhood, many have heard the phrase that there are soups useful they need for a healthy stomach to maintain strength throughout the day. But until now, some people are reluctant to use soups, considering them a supplement to the regular meal.
At the root of this situation can be changed by such dishes as soup. Surprisingly? And in vain. Today, there are plenty of culinary variety and very interesting recipes of how to do this or that soup. Let's speak about the most interesting recipes of this amazing dish that will please both children and adults.
Especially good for the soup diet, as this form of food is very good and is rapidly absorbed and digested by the human body at any age.
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Soup as the pinnacle of culinary art
A distinctive and, perhaps, the main feature of this magnificent, extremely useful and tasty dishes like soup - that's what all the ingredients of this dish is carefully milled and mixed into a single texture. To put it simply, it is based on pureed foods. Often these children are fed meals because their stomach is not yet ready for roughage with large pieces of various products. But this does not mean that the soup does not like adults. For some, he is able to replace both the first and second courses.
The history of the soup begins around the 17th century. Precise data on the country the appearance of this dish is not. Perhaps it was France. After all, in this country we invented many of these recipes.
For a long time the soup was not popular in the expanses of the Russian land. This is probably due to the fact that there are some leaders in the category of soups. And the name of it - borscht and cabbage soup.
However, some time ago, the soup has experienced a real boom. It became not only apply in many cafes and restaurants, but also actively to prepare at home. It has even become fashionable. Well, it's time to consider the most delicious and interesting, but at the same time simple and easy by soup recipes puree. By the way, you can not just make a hot soup, but even cold. However, first things first.
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Hot soups in the form of puree
In the view of the majority of the soup - it is a hot dish. So to start is to tell about the soups-mashed potatoes, which are served in the classic version. It is desirable that the basis of any lay soup broth. So the soup will seem bland and uninteresting.
Cream of Broccoli
To make it a prescription will need the following ingredients:
broccoli
any broth
spinach or any other green
soda
salt
First you need to boil the broccoli in boiling water for 20 minutes. Prescription must be soft enough to be easily grind.
Cooked broccoli are placed in a blender, which are ground to the consistency of porridge. It remains only to add salt. Cream of broccoli ready. However, not all so simple. To prepare the soup into a puree of this product, there are a few tricks. Their lack of knowledge will lead to the fact that the soup will not entirely suitable for use.
The fact is that broccoli have a specific unpleasant smell because they do not like much, even though the taste quality of the product is quite good. Especially when you consider how much it contains vitamins. So, you can avoid the stench when you add in the soup a little soda. Its amount should really be minimal, otherwise the dish will be simply impossible to eat. What this will occur? Thus, the soup becomes sour and bitter at the same time.
Another problem in the preparation of soup can arise due to the fact that during cooking broccoli lose their color. The result is a soup is not very pleasant shade. To avoid this phenomenon, you can, if you add in the blender grinding at some common herbs. For example, the spinach. No need to reinvent the wheel. It will transform the great soup. If there is no spinach, it is quite suitable cilantro, parsley or sorrel. In this case, you need to stick to the recipe carefully to get a good result.
Cream of zucchini
In autumn nearly all gardeners are faced with a large crop of zucchini. Without out adequate reasons for this wonderful and very useful vegetable for some reason, it is not respected. And for good reason. Perhaps not everyone knows that the tavern is possible to cook a delicious soup.
For the preparation of this dish will need these components:
zucchini
meat broth
potatoes
bow
garlic
cream
butter
salt pepper
Courgettes and potatoes pre-cut into small cubes and leave to stew in the pan. After 10 minutes, there is added to the crushed garlic and onions.
At this time, in a pot melts a small amount of butter. There also put steamed vegetables and meat broth. Soup should get a thick consistency. Vegetables ready, and so you can start grinding. In this case, we recommend using a hand blender, but no difference in principle.
After the resulting mixture was necessary to add salt, pepper and cream. All again stirred blender. This soup can be served with croutons of white bread. It turns out incredibly delicious.
Cream of Wild Mushroom
This recipe will be enjoyed by all fans of mushrooms. Need the following ingredients:
any wild mushrooms
cream
garlic
thyme
flour
butter and olive oil
salt pepper
Mushrooms should be thoroughly rinsed from a possible sand and other debris. Thereafter, they are well wiped with a paper towel and then are cut. When this cap is to be separated from the legs. The first should remain intact.
Crushed legs are placed in the cooking pot of boiling water, thyme and garlic (garlic and thyme later need to get it). There they have to bring to full readiness. This product is extremely important to prepare thoroughly to soup did not poison.
At this time, the pan fried hats. They also brought to the absolute readiness.
When all the ingredients are ready, you must be in a separate pan melt the butter, add the flour to the same. You can pour a little broth.
Fried and boiled mushrooms, cream and flour mixture is placed in a blender and are ground until a liquid consistency and monotonous.
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Cold soups in the form of puree
A cold soup is perfect for the summer period, when the soup, too, need to eat, but this is not always possible because of the heat. These dishes are not only very refreshing, but also give a feeling of satiety for a long time and at the same time ease.
Cream of Beet
This soup - a real storehouse of vitamins. To cook it you need the following products:
beet
bow
celery
broth
olive oil
sugar
sour cream
vinegar
cold water
Beets, onions and celery cleaned and chopped. At this time, the oil is heated in a pot. First to put celery and onion. On top of all this sprinkled with sugar and cook over high heat for 5 minutes. However, it is important to ensure that the vegetables are burnt. Then in a pan add beets, a little broth and a little wine vinegar. Content is brought to a boil and then boiled for 40 minutes. At this stage in the soup add salt and pepper.
Next you need to grind the ingredients in a blender, but it should be done so as to stay one step away from completely homogenous. Then the soup is placed in a refrigerator for at least 6 hours.
After this time, the soup was diluted with cold water until the desired consistency. Soup is served with sour cream and chopped herbs. For all this may be its greens, which is more like the taste. There are no restrictions here. It is necessary to dream up.
Cream of zucchini and avocado
zucchini
avocado
lemon
yogurt without filler
mint, cumin, coriander, pepper, salt
olive oil
Zucchini cut into small cubes, sprinkled with lemon juice and then stew for 15 minutes.
Avocados purified from the seeds and peel and cut into cubes. Now ready zucchini, avocado, yogurt without filler and spices mentioned are placed in the blender and shredded there until completely smooth. There also add salt and pepper.
When serving soup of zucchini and avocado sprinkled with olive oil and decorated with mint leaf. Very sophisticated version of how to cook soup. When submitting his beautiful you can even put on the table its guests. They will be pleasantly surprised.
Soup with seafood (mussels and shrimp)
Fans of wholesome and tasty seafood can be quite calm, because for them there is something interesting among the soups-mashed potatoes. The following products will be needed to translate this recipe:
Mussel
shrimp
cream
broth
salt pepper
Mussels and shrimp to cook in the pre-salted water with a few peas black pepper. It is important not to digest these foods so they do not lose their flavor. At the request of the pan with seafood during cooking, you can add the bay leaf.
Cooked seafood should be cleaned, cut into small pieces and carefully grind in a blender along with low-fat cream and a small amount of broth. Brighten up the flavor of this soup puree can, if add a little yogurt without filler.
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Sweet soups
It turns out that soups are not only familiar vegetable, and fruit. Someone might say that this is an ordinary cocktail. And it will be far from the truth. However, the sweet soup - it is a great solution to get enough vitamins and eat sweets in the form of unusual for many. And the figure will be affected only positively. To far away from the topic today will feature recipes that contain both fruits and vegetables.
Cream of mango and pumpkin
Few people like to eat a pumpkin without any additions. As a rule, it goes well with a very sweet (sometimes sugary) food. To prepare the soup, mashed potatoes for this recipe you will need:
pumpkin
mango (fresh or canned)
cream
vanilla
Pumpkin seeds and cleaned from the skin, cut into small cubes. It is necessary to cook the pumpkin until cooked in fresh water.
Mango also cleaned and cut into cubes. Finished after cooking pumpkin, mango, cream and vanilla mixed in a blender. Consistency must not be too uniform. Well, if there are small pieces of felt products. Ready soup decorated with mint leaves. Optionally, you can add on top of a slice of citrus. This contrast will only benefit.
Cream soup of carrots, pears and bananas
To implement this recipe you will need:
carrot
pear
banana
almonds
yogurt or cream without filler
Cook this soup is quite simple, because it does not require cooking. Carrot and banana peeled and cut into small pieces. Pear peeled do not need, because it will give the dish a special flavor. Sliced pear, carrot and banana are ground to an absolutely uniform consistency in a blender.
On top of this delicious and unusual dish sprinkle with grated almonds. From this soup puree impossible to put down!
Cream of tomato and strawberry
Someone this recipe may seem rather strange. But in fact it turns out very tasty and very healthy dish that does not require cooking. To cook it you need these components:
tomatoes
Strawberry
cream
White bread
We begin to cook soup. Tomatoes peeled, which will certainly hamper in the finished dish. To do this they need to be parboiled and then put into cold water. Since the skin is removed quickly and easily. By the way, it is preferable to choose cherry tomatoes. They are sweet.
Strawberry cut in half. Together with tomatoes and cream it's put into a blender. We need to achieve is not quite smooth. This should be the soup.
Now you need to prepare croutons of white bread. Better to use the bread to toast. The important point is that the bread should be browned without oil. When serving soup sprinkled with croutons. Excess fat is no good. Ease combined with satiety - is the main horse, which boasts the dish.
So awesome, useful and nutritious can be soup. The preparation of this dish does not take much time, and the result is a highly original product that can be eaten at any time of the year.
By the way, recipes like soups, you can invent yourself. What to cook soup, everyone decides for himself. Therefore it is necessary to experiment and find new and not to be afraid to enter into your diet hitherto unknown recipes. There is no doubt that the soup can become a welcome guest in every kitchen. It remains only to find his "pet." Bon Appetit!
