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Bowl of smooth asparagus soup with asparagus spears
Photo: Petar Milošević, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)

Soups

Basic Veloute Style Soups

Basic Veloute Style Soups made with celery, named soup vegetable, butter and plain flour. The recipe serves 4; change the portions and units below and the amounts update.

  • Serves 4

Method

  1. Gently cook veg, in fat under a lid, no colour.

  2. Mix in flour, cook slowly for few mins, no colour.

  3. Cool slightly.

  4. Gradually mix in the hot stock.stir to the boil.

  5. Add the bg.and season.

  6. Simmer for 45.mins approx.skim when necessary.

  7. Remove bg, pass through sieve, strainer or liquidise.

  8. Put in clean pan, re-boil.correct seasoning, consistency.

  9. Basic style soups eg.celery, mushroom or cauli.

Tip: tap a step to tick it off as you cook.

Shopping list for 4 portions

Fruit & veg

Dairy & eggs

Tins, jars & stock

Baking

Fresh herbs

Store cupboard (check you have)

Converted from the Cookeryonline Excel workbook “SR13”.