Recipe- Courgette Vache Kiri Soup
I have a Facebook album titled “Sandie Loves Soup”. So, when I say I love soup, I’m not joking.
I’m on Instagram more than I am on Facebook these days, and one of my favorite accounts on Instagram is Manon Lagréve. She is a 2018 alumni of The Great British Bake Off series and she now has a few cookbooks out. Her fresh perspective on French cooking is delightful.
Today I made one of her French recipes, one she posted on her Instagram account. I give her full credit for the recipe I share here. Now, I did add a few other ingredients, and I’ll tell you what I used.
Courgette Vache Kiri Soup is the recipe I made.
Here’s how I made it:
The sizes of my vegetables are different from the ones Manon Lagréve used in her instagram post, if you watch her video you can see the sizes of the ones she used and you can base your ingredients from that.
Olive oil
Salt (go taste)
1 medium to large onion
3 small broccoli
4 small courgettes (zucchini)
3 cups vegetable stock made using “Better Than Bouillon”.
I also added the Victoria Taylor seasonings: 1/4 cup dried fire-roasted onion, 1/4 cup dried shallot, a few slices of dried roasted garlic, and I added some Laughing Cow cheese wedges (garlic & herb).
The original recipe is as follows:
2 onions
1 broccoli
2 courgettes
500 ml veggie or chicken stock.
Serve with a Laughing Cow cheese wedge.
Here are my cooking instructions: Sauté onions in olive oil until soft, add zucchini, sprinkle with salt, stir. Add broccoli crowns, the vegetable stock, and dried ingredients, bring to a boil, then down to a simmer. I cooked it for 30 to 40 minutes. I used an immersion blender to make everything smooth.
One could also use a blender or even one of those fancy soup makers that has a blender built into it.
Give this soup a try; it’s utterly delightful!
The wedge of Laughing Cow Cheese takes this soup to the next level.
Serve with a slice of crusty artisan bread.
The upper photo is the finished soup and this lower photo is what the soup looks like prior to blending.
