SOUPS & STARTERS

France

ONION SOUP

Total cooking time: approx. 14 - 17 minutes

Utensils: bowl with lid (2 litre capacity) 4 soup bowls (200 ml)

Ingredients

1 tbsp butter or margarine

2onions (100 g), sliced

800ml meat stock salt & pepper

2slices of bread for toasting

4 tbsp grated cheese (40 g)

Sweden

CRAB SOUP

Total cooking time: approx. 11-15 minutes

Utensils: bowl with lid (2 litre capacity) Ingredients

1onion (50 g), finely chopped

50g 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

3

white peppercorns

 

thyme

3 tbsp

flour (30 g)

100 ml

cream

1.Place the butter cut up into pieces in the bowl. Add the sliced onion, the meat stock and the seasoning. Cover and microwave..

9-11 min. 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.

6-7 min.

1.Place the vegetables with 2 tbsp of the fat in the bowl. Cover and microwave.

2-3 min. 900 W

2.Add the meat stock, wine and Madeira together with the crab meat and the seasoning to the vegetables. Cover and microwave.

7-9 min. 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.

2-3 min. 900 W

4.Stir the soup and leave it to stand for about 5 minutes. Add the butter shortly before serving.

Switzerland

BARLEY SOUP

Total cooking time: approx. 27-34 minutes

Utensils: bowl with lid (2 litre capacity) Ingredients

2 tbsp butter or margarine (20 g)

1onion (50 g), finely chopped

1-2 carrots (130 g), sliced

15g celery, diced

1leek (130 g), cut in rings

3white cabbage leaves (100 g), shredded

200g veal bones

50g streaky bacon, shredded pepper

50g barleycorns

700ml meat stock

4frankfurters

1.Put the butter and the onion in the bowl. Cover and cook.

approx. 1-2 min. 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.

1.9-11 min. 900 W

2.17-21 min. 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.

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Zanussi ZM266STG manual Soups & Starters, Onion Soup, Crab Soup, Barley Soup

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