To make the soup, pour the olive oil into a large, heavy pan and in it soften the onion over a medium heat for eight minutes or so, stirring occasionally. Add the courgettes with the garlic, nutmeg, a ...

Zucchini, or courgette depending on the type of English you speak, are often among foods that children do not like. However, in any garden a plant will continuously provide abundant amounts of the ...

This wispy Neopolitan favourite features soft spring courgettes, shallots and potato stewed into a thick soup, and all finished off with a pleasing whirl of egg and parmesan It is still early for ...

Wash dry and thickly slice the courgettes without peeling. Heat butter in a pan, add courgettes and fry until they just begin to change colour. Add the heated stock, salt and pepper and cook over a ...

Use any green lettuce, but I think this is best when made with those soft, floppy, 'butterhead’ lettuces that you can buy everywhere. Put the water or stock in a pan, and heat to simmering point. Pour ...

This soup is perfect with sourdough bread and goat's cheese. Eat it chilled on hot summer days, or if the weather is not so good, just serve it warm. This fresh soup works equally well warm or cold. I ...

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The peas and lettuce for this soup both came out of my late winter garden. Soon they’ll be out of the ground to make way for spring and summer vegetables. Lettuce may seem an odd ingredient for a soup ...

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1 Chop the celery and leeks into rough pieces. Heat a large saucepan with the butter and gently sauté the onion and garlic for five to six minutes until it has softened but not coloured. 2Add in the ...