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a flight of blended soups

October 22nd, 2007 · 22 Comments

3 soups in one day?� ambitious?� perhaps.� but i was hell bent on getting through this mountain of produce that was somehow all mine.� and soups are a good way to go when faced with an overbearing bounty.� i opted first for the bittman pear zucchini, then a riff off an aubergine soup i’d seen that i refer to as mediterranean eggplant and finally a buttermilk butternut squash creation that was inspired by JO (you know who you are…).� even in a baking recipe, i rarely can follow along verbatim although i did stay loyal to mark.� mark, i hang on your every ingredient.� you are so my kinda cook.

the pear in the zucchini soup is more subtle than i expected.� it gives it a�certain mellow sweetness and flavor that marries well with the zucchini.� it’s a sautee of onion, carrot�and�potato, the latter�giving it it’s creamy texture – and of course pears and zucchini.� a lot of zucchini…� i opted to�serve it�room temperature as i felt it brought out the flavor of the pear more.� to finish i�sprinkled this soup generously with fresh chopped mint.�

there is not one zucchini left in my house.� thank you jesus.

next up was the eggplant soup.� a quick sautee of shallots and garlic in olive oil and then the diced eggplant is added to the pan on low heat.� cook this down for about 30 minutes or so and then add salt and chicken stock.� cool it down, transfer to a blender and puree until it’s smooth.� then add it back to your pan along with the juice of half a lemon, full fat greek yogurt and chopped parsley.�

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i opted to top this with the suggested�gremolata and added a fine chop of tomato for color and flavor.��i saw it presented�with a healthy slice of buffalo mozzarella – one of my favorite cheeses in the world – but i opted to keep it lighter.� the original recipe also calls for butter and cream.� and i’m sure it’s amazing.� but this version was meant to be a bit more lean while still staying big on flavor.

and last, i love butternut squash.� which is lucky for me because before i began this soup i had�8�of them�in my house.� i am currently down to 4.� i�like to think of this as�progress.� i diced a few of them up and they were added to a sautee of onion and garlic.� i added chicken stock and seasoned with fresh thyme, salt and pepper.�

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i let the squash soften and after cooling down, pureed the mixture with a cup of buttermilk.� to serve i garnished with a swirl of greek honey and some fried sage leaves.

and i’ve got to hand it to cary, a truly good boyfriend who not only shopped with me, took a bunch of the final photo’s AND cleaned the entire kitchen – but he ate 3 bowls of soup for dinner.� happily.

and that right there deems him a keeper.

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