SOUPS
Spain
AVOCADO CREAM SOUP
Total cooking time: approx.
Utensil: dish with lid (2 l capacity) Ingredients
3avocados (600 g of flesh) lemon juice
700 ml meat stock
70 ml cream
salt & pepper
Sweden
CRAB SOUP
Total cooking time: approx.
Utensil: bowl with lid (2 l capacity) Ingredients
1onion (50 g), chopped finely
50g sliced carrots
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 |
1.Peel the soft, ripe avocados, remove the stones, cut the flesh into pieces and purée. Save two thin slices to decorate each portion and sprinkle with lemon juice.
2.Put the meat stock, avocados and cream into a dish, season with salt and pepper and cook with the lid on. Stir occasionally.
11-13 min. 900 W
3.Stir the soup until it is creamy and decorate with the saved avocado slices. After cooking allow the soup to stand for approx. 5 minutes.
1.Place the vegetables into the bowl with the fat (2 tbsp), cover, and heat.
2.Add the meat stock, the wine, crabmeat, and seasoning to the vegetables. Cover and cook.
3.Take out the pepper corns and the bay leaf. Mix the flour with a little cold water and stir into the soup. Add the cream, stir well, and heat.
4.Stir the soup and allow to stand for about 5 minutes. Add the butter (1 tbsp) just before serving.
Switzerland
BARLEY SOUP
Total cooking time approx.
2 tbsp butter or margarine (20 g)
1onion (50 g), finely chopped
15g celery, roughly chopped
1leek (130 g), cut into rings
3white cabbage leaves (100 g), in strips
200g veal bones
50g streaky bacon, cut into strips
50g barley corn
700ml meat stock pepper
4frankfurters (300 g)
1.Place the butter and chopped onion into the bowl, cover and braise.
approx. 1-2 min. 900 W
2.Add the vegetables to the bowl. Add the bones, the streaky bacon and the barley, and fill the bowl with the meat stock. Season with pepper, cover and cook.
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3.Chop the frankfurters into small pieces and heat with the rest of the soup for the last five minutes.
4.Allow to stand for about 5 minutes after it has cooked. Take the bones out just before you serve the soup.
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