Grilled Vegetables
The Best Zucchini Soup Recipe
Zucchini soup is very tasty and this vegetable gives the soup an attractive green color. If you are looking for a recipe and soup and zucchini is key, you might like to make the following zucchini soup recipe because it tastes so good. Grilled zucchini is literally bursting with fantastic flavor.
Do not worry if it chars when you are grilling it because it is supposed to. The onion and mushrooms add more taste and the spices give this grilled zucchini soup recipe a delicate flavor. The soup is liquidized in a food processor and strained to remove any bits, so this is a completely liquid soup, rich with grilled vegetable aromas and subtle spices.
Lightly Curried Zucchini Soup
Ingredients -
5 lbs zucchini, sliced into rounds
3 lbs zucchini, whole
2 cups yoghurt
1 cup white mushrooms, chopped
1 small red onion, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon butter
2 cups chicken bouillon
Pinch of cumin
Pinch of coriander
Pinch of curry powder
1 egg yolk
2 egg whites
1 tablespoon olive oil
Arugula to garnish
Preparation:
Grill the zucchini rounds, turning them once or twice, until they have softened a little.
You do not need to use any oil.
Salt the zucchini rounds and let them cool, then cut each round into 4 pieces. Grate the whole raw zucchini with a cheese grater and set it aside. Add the olive oil to a soup pot and add the grilled zucchini and onion.
Stir well, sautéing for a couple of minutes.
Cook until all the zucchini are soft. This will take about 4 minutes. Add the mushrooms.
Cook for another 5 minutes.
Add the bouillon and yogurt and cook this mixture for 10 to 20 minutes over a medium low heat.
Remove from the heat and puree the zucchini soup in a food processor, adding the egg and butter.
Process for 30 seconds, and then pass the soup through a strainer.
Pour the strained zucchini soup into a saucepan and add the grated zucchini and spices.
Add salt and black pepper to taste and heat it gently for 15 minutes.
Garnish the soup with arugula and serve with slices of brown bread.
(Serves 10)
A Picture of our Lightly Curried Zucchini Soup - features wonderfully freshly grilled zucchini squash you could even grill the mushrooms for an extra special grilled flavor then puree the soup this is a great soup for a hot summer's day dinner and zucchini makes a special and refreshing light soup.
