Which soup do you enjoy making the most with produce from the garden?

I have a few but Spicy Parsnip and Carrot and Coriander rate up there with the best. What's yours, and if it's your own, please share the recipe?

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Permalink Reply by Kath Middleton on August 27, 2010 at 15:24

I have one called Garden Soup (or Allotment Soup) which doesn't have a recipe! You take a slack handful of whatever you have to spare, sweat it with onions, add stock, simmer for about half an hour, then whizz up in the blender. Adjust consistency and seasoning then eat with home-made bread.

You really can make soup with just about anything - and you can find some surprisingly good combinations of veg too. Problem is, if you hit on a winner you can never remember what exactly was in it!

I used to love Jerusalem artichoke soup but is does terrible things to my husband's digestion so rather than make two soups, I gave in and gave up!

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Permalink Reply by Carrie Gault on August 27, 2010 at 16:06

my hubby will have to come on here later, he does amazing things with veggies around year round but soups - yumm. He does a spicy celeriac one - ohhhhhhh mama.

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Permalink Reply by Flighty on August 27, 2010 at 17:01

When I do make soup it's either onion or a variation of Kath's Allotment Soup!

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Rideout on August 27, 2010 at 17:18

Butternut Squash and Red Pepper one of my favourite combinations, tied first with Pea, Lettuce and Lovage which has an amazing colour. Otherwise as Kath does its just whizzing whatever's available, think best to have a good base stock.
If you cook jerusalem artichokes, discard cooking water and then add to soup they have less side effects (allegedly)

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Permalink Reply by VP on August 27, 2010 at 21:22

Like Kath, I make lots of allotment soup :)

Last year I had loads of mange tout as I was taking part in an RHS trial, so I re-invented pea with mint soup and made mange tout with mint soup instead ;)

http://vegplotting.blogspot.com/2009/07/seasonal-recipe-pea-mint-so...

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Permalink Reply by Carrie Gault on August 27, 2010 at 22:13

Now I think of it - I make allotment soup too :) One of the highlights of my non-baking accomplishments ;)

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Beach on August 28, 2010 at 8:59

Due to the masses of Lettuce we have I thought i'd give that a whirl. Wasn't very hopeful but it was actually very nice.

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Permalink Reply by Damo on August 28, 2010 at 13:10

Because I seem to have so many of them artichoke soup is a good one.

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Permalink Reply by Debbie on August 30, 2010 at 20:56

Yep it's allotment/garden soup with me too. It's different every time and all the nicer for that. In fact, you've reminded me to make some. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Goodall on December 24, 2012 at 22:02

Tomato for us and in winter Leek and Potato.

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Permalink Reply by Colin Robinson on December 24, 2012 at 22:21

Garden soup for me as well, most of the time, but I do like a thick leek and potato soup with home-made bread and Wensleydale cheese. The first time I used sweet peppers in a soup I was pleasantly surprised at the taste and use them quite a lot now.