WEEK 36
Your Best Onion or Garlic Soup
Now that Valentine's Day is over, it's time to bring some of those pungent aromatics back into your life. This week, we're looking for savory, silken soups that make the most of the two stars of the lily family. You fill the bowls, we'll provide the crusty bread!
34 entries
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Your Best Onion or Garlic Soup
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Onion, shallot, parsley, chives, (forgot to include the thyme!), garlic, leek, celery, oyster crackers, half and half, and pancetta.
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Thickly slice pancetta.
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We love this photo -- reminds us of the hundreds of hours we've spent in the kitchen together, peeling, chopping, chatting.
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This chowder involves a bunch of prep and then not much else. Our kind of recipe!
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There's Kristen on the left!
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The pancetta goes into the pan along with some butter. You render the pancetta and brown it lightly.
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All our vegetables and aromatics, on the runway.
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First the celery, shallot and onion go into the pot.
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Then the leeks, garlic and thyme.
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Next broth (wasn't pretty enough to include) and then half and half and potatoes.
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Then comes the magic trick -- you bring the soup to a boil, then cover it with a lid, turn off the heat and let it sit for 30 minutes. The potatoes cook through, the flavors meld and the chowder chowders.
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Oyster crackers.
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More butter! You could skip this part. Purely out of a sense of duty, we followed through with toasting the crackers in butter.
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You season them with pepper.
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And then blanket them with parsley.
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Last step is to stir some fresh parsley and chives into the chowder.
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All Entries
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Roasted Garlic and Watercress Soup
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Cream of Garlic Soup
added by ChefJune
over 3 years ago -
Melted Sweet Onion Soup with Dark Rye Croutons...
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over 3 years ago -
Soupe a l'oignon Veronique
added by Veronica
over 3 years ago -
Roasted Garlic, Onion & Chicken Soup
added by eatboutique
over 3 years ago -
Silky Shallot Soup with Crispy Pancetta
added by mariaraynal
over 3 years ago -
phở garlic soup
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over 3 years ago -
Creamy Leek-Cauliflower Soup for a Snowy...
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over 3 years ago -
Caramelized Onion and Pear Soup with Gorgonzola...
added by lechef
over 3 years ago -
Spanish Garlic Soup (Sopa de Ajo)
added by WinnieAb
over 3 years ago -
Old School French Onion Soup Gratinée
added by pierino
over 3 years ago -
Traditional French onion soup the slow...
added by ody
over 3 years ago
