🍲 Vegi-root soup 🥕 + An unusual ingredient

Hey Soup Enthusiast,

During my holiday to France in August 2023, me and my family visited an independent restaurant called Le Troquet in Cancale, France. I enjoyed their food and highly recommend visiting them.

One of their standout meals for me was a fish soup starter served with a side bowl of cheese. I had never had cheese with soup before. The key, as I learned, is to sprinkle the cheese onto the spoon just before taking a bite. This prevents the cheese from becoming hard and stringy if mixed directly into the soup.

Now, let's turn our attention to today's soup.

🍲 Today's soup: Vegi-root soup

A comforting vegetable soup accompanied by a side bowl of cheese. This winter warmer can be turned into a satisfying dinner option. I hope you get a chance to taste it for yourself and send us your photos!

Here is how I would cook it in the future. 

📝 Ingredients: Serves 4

• olive oil

• 100g Smokey bacon

• 1 Large onion

• 150g Carrots

• 150g Turnip

• 150g Potatoes (Not too flowery)

• 150g Parsnip

• 150g Celeriac

• 1 Litre of Chicken or vegi-stock

• Grated chedder cheese

• Parsley

Recipe 

1. Dice all the vegetables and bacon into small cubes

2. Add the bacon into the pot and cook gently with a small drop of oil

3. Add the diced onion and fry for about 10 minutes

4. Add the diced vegetables and fry for about 15 minutes

5. Pour in the stock and simmer for about 15 minutes to soften the vegetables

6. Garnish with parsley and serve with a side plate of cheese

Note 💡 - Do not put the cheese in the soup but sprinkle on the spoon before taking a bite. This soup would be a great dinner, consider adding pearl barley and serving with cheese on toast on the side to make it more substantial.

🧀 : Ingredient of the week: Cheese 

With cheese being so unique to me in soup I have chosen cheese as the ingredient of the week. I challenge you use cheese in your cooking this week. If you make a soup, sauce or soup-based meal, with the ingredient of the week, you could have the chance of featuring in our next Community Showcase!

Feta-Fact - Mozzarella is the most eaten cheese globally, followed by Cheddar and then Feta.

👩‍🍳 Today's community showcase 

1. Hit reply and add a picture of your soup, sauce or soup-based meal.

2. Add your insight such as a recipe or tip for the community.

3. Send us your email!

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🌍 Beyond the Ladle: Soup News Highlights

Better images for the Soup & Sauce newsletter

Last week I was talking about image file size and how much I have learnt over the last few weeks. In this email I am trying a larger file size which means the email may take longer to load but, the image quality is much better. Additionally, the photo is brighter which is what I wanted to achieve. Next week I am experimenting with the camera settings.

General improvements

I am still putting in the time to make the email and overall experience more engaging and better for the community. You may not see much difference yet but we need to add the ingredients before stirring the pot.

If you have any suggestions, I would be delighted to hear them. 👍

🚀 Your Turn to Stir the Pot 

Last week we asked, what’s your go-to herb combination for mushroom soup? 🍄 Here is what one of our Facebook members said.

What's your favorite unseal soup or sauce ingredient? Hit reply and let's stir the pot together! Your insights might just spark the next big flavour in our community. 

 Your soup journey awaits,
Sean
Soup & Sauce

🍜 P.S. Soup Hack Alert! 

Sprinkle some cheese on your spoon just before taking a bite of soup to add variety of flavor 😉