Soup Recipes > Vegetable Marrow Soup

How to make vegetable marrow soup:
An extremely good way of using your bumper crop of marrows!



Ingredients

medium sized vegetable marrow, peeled and deseeded and cubed
1 quart vegetable stock
1 onion, peeled and sliced
rib of celery, cut into small pieces
small bunch of herbs
1/2 pint milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon finely chopped parsley or chives
1 slice of toast to make croutons
seasoning to taste
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Put the marrow into a saucepan with the stock, the herbs, celery and the onion.
- Boil gently for 20 minutes.
- Take out the herbs and place the soup in blender.
- Blend and return the soup to the saucepan.
- Add the milk and butter.
- Season to taste.
- Bring to the boil, sprinkle in the parsley or chives and the croutons.


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