Book of Soups: New, Old & Odd Recipes by New Covent Garden Food Company

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    • Categories: Stocks; Cooking ahead; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: onions; carrots; leeks; celery; cabbage; lettuce; parsley; thyme; bay leaves
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  • Aubergine soup with red pepper cream

  • Roasted butternut squash soup

    • herbietea on January 20, 2013

      Gorgeous, rich soup. Used just 800ml stock and no milk to keep soup nice and thick. Added the creme fraiche after liquidizing and stirred in, instead of using to serve with

  • Moroccan chicken and lemon soup

    • kateastoria on November 20, 2014

      this is amazing stuff. Made it for a large party and people were licking the bowls...

    • RosieB on August 14, 2016

      I have made this soup so many times because it is so delicious. I make my stock in the pressure cooker the day before. Everyone asks for the recipe.

  • Celery and lemon vichyssoise with prawns

    • Pamsy on March 18, 2019

      Lovely smooth textured soup. I served it hot, but I can imagine it would be lovely chilled, perhaps for a summer dinner party. Next time I would use smaller prawns and more of them as opposed to halving large tiger prawns. My prawns were raw and I popped them in the soup at the end to cook for 3/4 mins.

  • Celery and potato soup with cheese

    • Pamsy on December 05, 2022

      Very tasty.

  • Mrs Kendall's lentil soup

    • Pamsy on October 30, 2019

      Used previously frozen gammon stock and added a tin of tomatoes. Used the stick blender to retain some texture. Easy, cheap and tasty for everyday lunches.

  • Mushroom soup with parsley and garlic

    • renharvey on February 26, 2023

      Bit bland, needs a lot of seasoning

    • dawnelizabethtaylor on May 01, 2026

      Cook all mushrooms in the soup, rather than sautéing a few towards the end. Always use chicken stock as I prefer the more flavourful taste. Sometimes use milk instead of cream…

  • Summer tomato soup

    • TonyaShaw on October 16, 2022

      Also nice hot!

  • Smoked haddock chowder

    • Pamsy on February 16, 2026

      Comfort food for a snowy Sunday evening. Only 6 ingredients and easy to prepare. As we prefer a chunky chowder, I didn't blend the soup and added all the veg at the beginning. Possibly even better than our usual GH smoked haddock chowder.

  • Puy lentil with thyme soup

    • Pamsy on June 25, 2020

      This is very tasty BUT due to the puy lentils is sludge coloured! Not attractive but good. I didn't make the garnish but imagine it would make the finished article slightly more appealing to the eye. A couple of tbsp cream or milk would also lighten the colour.

  • Red pepper and goats' cheese soup

    • dawnelizabethtaylor on May 01, 2026

      For best flavour essential to caramelise onion and roast/skin peppers first.

  • Black-eyed bean soup with oregano

  • Sweet potato and orange soup

    • Shepherdabi on January 09, 2024

      Added parsnip as did not have enough sweet potato. And put in leftover puy lentils after pureeing too. Was good.

  • Nora Carey's ajiaco Bogotano

  • Spicy vegetable soup with peanut

    • dawnelizabethtaylor on May 01, 2026

      Fresh coriander essential. Check seasoning as more spices may be needed to lift flavour.

  • Pumpkin soup

  • Roasted parsnip and Parmesan soup

    • gillsil on January 01, 2019

      I had a bag of frozen parsnips left over and this recipe was a great use for them. The method of roasting the parsnips with Parmesan made the most delicious roast parsnips ever and I almost ate them all there and then! But hubby loves soup so I carried on and it was really delicious. The method was a bit involved but I will make it again. The supermarket was out of double cream so I used Greek yoghurt thinned with an equal amount of milk. This worked but I’m not sure it actually needed the extra creaminess.

    • gillsil on October 12, 2025

      I’ve now made this quite a few times and in fact I’m serving it to friends at a supper party tonight, Now I find it an easy recipe with delicious results and I don’t think it needs any cream as the Parmesan in the soup makes it creamy enough.

  • Brussels sprout and chestnut soup

    • dawnelizabethtaylor on May 01, 2026

      Strong flavour therefore make smaller quantity and less sprouts

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  • ISBN 10 075220503X
  • ISBN 13 9780752205038
  • Published Jan 03 1998
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 144
  • Language English
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Pan Macmillan
  • Imprint Boxtree Ltd

Publishers Text

The New Covent Garden Food Company was founded in 1988 to make homemade quality soup using entirely natural ingredients, and despite many imitators over the past eighteen years New Covent Garden are still the bestsellers in the fresh soup market. This enduring popularity is a result of New Covent Garden's continuous passion for fresh soup, which they expound as the ultimate, easy-to-make, healthy, delicious meal. Featuring over 100 of the New Covent Garden Soup Company's most popular soup recipes, this kitchen classic is as appealing today as it was when it was first published ten years ago. Repackaged in keeping with New Covent Garden's latest branding, the original "Book of Soups" is being relaunched to coincide with the publication of the new title, "Soup in Season".

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