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Soup and Starters
France
Onion soup
Soupe à l'oignon et au fromage
Total cooking time: approx.
Utensils required: bowl with lid (2 litres size) 4 soup bowls (x 200 ml)
Ingredients
1 | tbsp | butter or margarine |
2 |
| onions (100 g), sliced |
800 | ml | meat stock |
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| salt & pepper |
2 |
| slices of bread for toasting |
4 tbsp | grated cheese | |
Recipes
2.Add the meat stock, wine and Madeira together with the crab meat and the seasoning to the vegetables. Cover and microwave.
450 W |
3.Remove the bay leaf and the peppercorns from the soup. Blend the flour with a little cold water and add to the soup. Add the cream, stir it in and reheat.
900 W |
4.Stir the soup and leave it to stand for about 5 minutes. Add the butter shortly before serving.
Preparation
1.Place the butter cut up into pieces in the bowl. Add the sliced onion, the meat stock and the seasoning. Cover and microwave.
900 W |
2.Toast the slices of bread, cut them into cubes and divide them among the soup bowls. Pour the soup over the toast cubes and sprinkle on the cheese.
3.Place the bowls on the turntable, use the top grill and brown the cheese topping.
Sweden
Crab soup
Kräftsoppa
Total cooking time: approx.
Utensils required: bowl with lid (2 litres size)
Ingredients
1 |
| onion (50 g), finely chopped |
50 | g | carrots, sliced |
3 | tbsp | butter or margarine (30 g) |
500 | ml | meat stock |
100 | ml | white wine & 100 ml Madeira wine |
200 | g | tinned crab meat |
1/2 |
| bay leaf |
3white peppercorns thyme
3 | tbsp | flour (30 g) |
100 | ml | cream |
Preparation
1.Place the vegetables with 2 tbsp of the fat in the bowl. Cover and microwave.
900 W |
Switzerland
Barley soup from the Grisons Canton
Bündner Gerstensuppe
Total cooking time: approx.
Utensils required: bowl with lid (3 litres size)
Ingredients
2 | tbsp | butter or margarine (20 g) |
1 |
| onion (50 g), finely chopped |
| carrots (130 g), sliced | |
15 | g | celery, diced |
1 |
| leek (130 g), cut in rings |
3 |
| white cabbage leaves (100 g), shredded |
200 | g | veal bones |
50streaky bacon, shredded pepper
50 g barleycorns
700 ml meat stock
4frankfurters
Preparation
1.Put the butter and the onion in the bowl. Cover and cook.
900 W |
2.Put the vegetables in the bowl. Add the bones, streaky bacon and barley and top up with meat stock. Season with salt. Cover and microwave.
1. | 900 W | |
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2. | 450 W |
3.Cut up the sausages in small pieces and heat them in the bowl for the last 5 minutes.
4.Let the soup stand for about 5 minutes after cooking. Remove the bones from the soup shortly before serving.