Sopa de Ajo, also known as Sopa Castellana, is a simple and rustic dish from the Spanish region of Castilla y León. It has the use of bread and garlic in common with the Portuguese Sopa Alentejana. Despite the small…
Pumpkin soup
There is no shortage of recipes for pumpkin soup. Today we explain how we find it particularly tasty, describe an alternative preparation technique and give you some ideas for variations to suit your personal taste. Pumpkin is a plant genus…
Sopa Alentejana
The Alentejo (“beyond the river Tejo”) is a region in the south of Portugal, north of the Algarve. It is the origin of today’s dish, which is known and loved throughout Portugal in many variations. Bread, especially stale bread, broth,…
Cold cucumber soup with feta
Summer is here and on hot days we crave cool, refreshing food. There’s hardly anything better than a cold soup to balance out the temperature. This recipe is extremely simple, ideal for beginners and cooked in a flash. This soup…
Turkish lentil soup
A red lentil soup, “Mercimek Çorbası”, is a popular starter in Turkish cuisine. We also enjoy it as a full meal and for this we simply double the amount. All families and restaurants prepare the soup a little differently. The…
Cream of (white) asparagus soup
Cream of asparagus soup is not only a fine delicacy, but also the best use for the trimmings and peelings of white asparagus that always accumulate during its preparation. It is therefore ideal to store such leftovers in the refrigerator…
Fasolada
Another vegetarian / vegan dish that is very easy to prepare: Greek bean soup with vegetables, fasolada (“φασολάδα”) or also called fasoulada. Warming, nutritious and inexpensive. You need dried white beans of medium size (the big beans “Gigantes” are not…
Tom Kha Gai
Tom Kha Gai (“ต้มข่าไก่”) is a Thai dish with wonderful flavour complexity that is surprisingly easy to prepare. Tom (ต้ม) means “cooked”, Kha (ข่า) means “galangal” and Gai (ไก่) means “chicken”. We show here how to cook this most popular…
Black salsify and Brussels sprouts velouté
Velouté is one of the five basic sauces of classic French cuisine (the others are Béchamel, Hollandaise, Sauce Tomate and Espagnol). It is based on a roux and has a velvety texture. Nowadays, however, soups that are delicately creamy without…
Chicken soup
A hot chicken broth or chicken soup will help you get back on your feet quickly if you have a cold or the flu. It is also good if you are exhausted or if the weather outside makes you freeze.…
