Zucchini & Chicken Soup-Cold Cream of w Watercress Serves 4-6

In a saucepan, melt the butter over med-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, for 3 min. Add garlic and cook for 15 sec. Add zucchini, salt and pepper and cook until tender. Add stock and thyme and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally for 20 min. Meantime, brown chicken…

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Zucchini Soup, Cream of Curried Serves 6

Cut zucchini in very fine pieces. Sauté w onion in butter until tender. Stir in curry powder. Add stock and simmer 5 min. Cool; add cream, salt and white pepper. Cover and refrigerate until very cold. Serve w hot, buttered toast triangles. Zucchini babyOnion 1.5 TButter 3 TStock 6 c, homemade chickenHeavy Cream 1 cCurry…

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Zucchini Soup, Chilled w Lemon & Basil Serves 4

Place the zucchini, basil, cashews, lemon juice, garlic, miso, vegetable stock and 2 teaspoons salt in a blender or food processor and blitz until smooth and silky. Taste and check seasonings, adding more salt or lemon juice as needed. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or serve immediately, transferring the soup to…

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Wild Rice Soup

In large saucepan, combine broth, onions and wild rice. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook 35-40 min until rice is tender. In medium saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Cook one minute until smooth and bubbly. Stir in half and half and cook until slightly thickened, stirring constantly. Slowly add…

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Watermelon Gazpacho Serves 4

Seed one cup melon chunks and cut into small dice. Puree remaining melon in blender in batches. Pour thru a sieve into a bowl, pressing on solids and discard seeds. Return juice to blender and blend together w almonds, ice, and garlic (in batches if necessary) until smooth. Add bread, vinegar, salt and pepper and…

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Watercress Vichyssoise Serves 4

Simmer potato, onion, stock, and cream, uncovered, in 3- to 4-quart heavy saucepan until vegetables are soft, 10 min. Stir in watercress and cook, uncovered, over moderately low heat 3 min more. Puree in 2 batches in blender until very smooth. Force through fine sieve into bowl, pressing hard on solids ant then discarding them.…

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Watercress & Yogurt Soup, Chilled & Spiced

Heat oil in a saucepan over med-lo heat. Add onions and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring regularly, until onions are soft and translucent but not browned, about 10 min. Add garlic and cook until fragrant and softened, 2 min more. Add stock, bring to a boil and boil about 6 min.…

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Watercress Soup

Blanch, press and chop watercress. Cook in butter. Add Béchamel Sauce. Puree. Add stock. At last moment, add cream. Top w chives and serve cold (if you can wait). Watercress 1 lbButter 0.25 lbBéchamel Sauce 4 cStock 1 c, chickenHeavy Cream 1 cChives

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Tuscan White Bean Soup, Quick

In large Dutch oven, cook pancetta over med heat until just golden, 8-10 min; discard pancetta and add oil to pot w fat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 5-6 min; stir n garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 sec. Add beans, 1/2 tsp salt, and 3.5 c water. Increase heat to…

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Turkey Giblet Stock

Heat oil in heavy skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Cut neck into 1″ pieces. Brown neck, giblets, celery, carrot and onion, turning occasionally, about 6 min. Add chicken stock, scraping up brown bits. Transfer to 3-qt. stockpot. Add water, bay leaf, peppercorns and thyme and simmer, uncovered, until liquid is reduced to about…

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