The Delia Collection: Soup

The Delia Collection: Soup

Soup is so, so versatile. Easy to make, good for you, it can be a starter or a main it can be made of meat, fish or vegetables and it can be served hot and cold.

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Chilled Almond Soup

My friend Neville, who has a house in Andalusia surrounded by almond trees, gave me this supremely wonderfu...

My friend Neville, who has a house in Andalusia surrounded by almond trees, gave me this supremely wonderful recipe for Chilled Almond Soup, generously laced with garl...

Asparagus Soup

This elegant soup is perfect to make when asparagus comes into season in spring. It can be served hot or ve...

This elegant soup is perfect to make when asparagus comes into season in spring. It can be served hot or very well chilled. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch h...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

Beef Stock

Butchers will chop up and sell you marrowbones for just a few pence, or they can sometimes be bought pre-pa...

Butchers will chop up and sell you marrowbones for just a few pence, or they can sometimes be bought pre-packed in supermarkets. For a light beef stock use the same...

Black Bean Soup with Black Bean Salsa

This soup is simply stunning, one you'll want to make over and over again. Black beans don't have a stro...

This soup is simply stunning, one you'll want to make over and over again. Black beans don't have a strong flavour of their own but they do carry other flavours sup...

1 hour 30 minutes

Butter Bean, Bacon and Parsley Soup

Butter beans, boiled on their own (as I remember them at school) tend to be dull, but they make a good, thi...

Butter beans, boiled on their own (as I remember them at school) tend to be dull, but they make a good, thick, creamy soup and have the great virtue of being able to a...

20 minutes - 30 minutes

Carrot and Coriander Soup

This is a lovely soup to make with spring carrots that are not quite as sweet as those in the summer. Co...

This is a lovely soup to make with spring carrots that are not quite as sweet as those in the summer. Coriander is said to have the flavour of roasted orange peel, ...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

Chestnut Soup with Bacon and Thyme

A bone from a baked ham makes a good stock for this one – but if you use vegetable stock, it is still an ex...

A bone from a baked ham makes a good stock for this one – but if you use vegetable stock, it is still an excellent soup. You can buy the chestnuts ready peeled and ...

Chicken Giblet Stock

Fresh stocks are now available in tubs from supermarkets, but if you need a large quantity these can be exp...

Fresh stocks are now available in tubs from supermarkets, but if you need a large quantity these can be expensive. Here's how to make chicken stock, which can be us...

Lemon Grass and Coriander Vichyssoise

In summer, if the weather is really hot, nothing could be more refreshing than a chilled soup. Leeks, wh...

In summer, if the weather is really hot, nothing could be more refreshing than a chilled soup. Leeks, which have made this particular recipe famous, are not availab...

Chilled Spanish Gazpacho

This is a truly beautiful soup for serving ice-cold during the summer and it's particularly refreshing if w...

This is a truly beautiful soup for serving ice-cold during the summer and it's particularly refreshing if we're lucky enough to have hot weather. However, please do...

Courgette Soup with Watercress and Pecorino Pesto

This light summer soup is perfect for late summer when courgettes are cheap and plentiful. Serve each bo...

This light summer soup is perfect for late summer when courgettes are cheap and plentiful. Serve each bowl with a spoonful of the watercress and Pecorino pesto zigz...

22 minutes - 25 minutes

Croutons

Crisp, golden croutons are lovely sprinkled over the top of a bowl of hot or chilled soup. You can make ...

Crisp, golden croutons are lovely sprinkled over the top of a bowl of hot or chilled soup. You can make croutons a day ahead, and store them in an airtight containe...

Curried Parsnip and Apple Soup

This is such a lovely soup. The sweetness of the parsnips is sharpened by the presence of the apple, and...

This is such a lovely soup. The sweetness of the parsnips is sharpened by the presence of the apple, and the subtle flavour of the spices comes through beautifully....

Eliza Acton's Vegetable Mulligatawny

Eliza Acton is one of my favourite cookery writers and this is a recipe that I adapted from her cookery boo...

Eliza Acton is one of my favourite cookery writers and this is a recipe that I adapted from her cookery book, which was published in 1840. The Delia Online Cookery ...

French Onion Soup

There are few things more comforting than making a real French onion soup - slowly cooked, caramelised onio...

There are few things more comforting than making a real French onion soup - slowly cooked, caramelised onions that turn mellow and sweet in a broth laced with white wi...

1 hour 36 minutes

Fresh Shelled Pea Soup

This soup is a lovely dark green colour and has all the wonderful ingredients and flavours of peas à la Fra...

This soup is a lovely dark green colour and has all the wonderful ingredients and flavours of peas à la Française – peas, spring onions, lettuce and bacon – blended in...

10 minutes - 15 minutes

Fresh Tomato Soup with Croutons

When I first wrote on cookery, a reader wrote to the Editor of my newspaper, complaining my recipe for toma...

When I first wrote on cookery, a reader wrote to the Editor of my newspaper, complaining my recipe for tomato soup didn't work. Rather conscientiously, the Editor t...

35 minutes - 40 minutes

Goulash Soup with Dumplings

I've always loved the goulash flavours of beef, tomatoes and spicy paprika and this soup is certainly a gre...

I've always loved the goulash flavours of beef, tomatoes and spicy paprika and this soup is certainly a great 'winter warmer'. In fact, it's a meal in a bowl so no ...

1 hour 20 minutes

Hot and Sour Thai Chicken Broth

This recipe, given to me by Sarah Randell, the Editor of The Collection, is based on a version of Tom Yum s...

This recipe, given to me by Sarah Randell, the Editor of The Collection, is based on a version of Tom Yum soup - a spicy, clear, refreshing broth found on the menu of ...

French Farmhouse Soup

This is a traditional French farmhouse soup or potee that is really a sort of cross between a soup and a st...

This is a traditional French farmhouse soup or potee that is really a sort of cross between a soup and a stew and makes a meal in itself. If you have a ridged gridd...

Leek, Onion and Potato Soup

This has to be one of my own top of the pops favourites and has proven to be one of my most popular recipes...

This has to be one of my own top of the pops favourites and has proven to be one of my most popular recipes with everyone over the years. The chilled version of thi...

Libyan Soup with Couscous

This recipe first appeared in The Food Aid Cookery Book, published in 1986, and was contributed by Mary El-...

This recipe first appeared in The Food Aid Cookery Book, published in 1986, and was contributed by Mary El-Rayes. It's a truly wonderful soup, meaty with lots of fr...

Minestrone with Macaroni

If you have a food processor, it makes very light work of chopping the vegetables. But use the pulse but...

If you have a food processor, it makes very light work of chopping the vegetables. But use the pulse button so you don't chop them too small. For a change, you can ...

1 hour 30 minutes

Mussel and Saffron Soup

This is a smart soup, great if you're entertaining, and now that the mussels come with much of the cleaning...

This is a smart soup, great if you're entertaining, and now that the mussels come with much of the cleaning and scrubbing already done, it isn't half the bother it use...

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