And you’ll want more than a soupçon (soopson…a little bit). I sneaked in this old pic because…well…it’s hard to show floating soup, haha!
Soup is a lot like life. It’s all about what you put in it. Unknown
Well, that’s our soup spark for today. Mama went right in the kitchen and made the soup with the pear in it and this is what it looks like from the start. Recipe:
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
2 grilled and peeled red sweet peppers (mama likes them seared and peeled first but you can use them raw; the taste will be different but still good, I’m sure), sliced medium
1 large sweet onion or 4 shallots, sliced medium
2 large carrots, sliced medium
1 large Comice pear, cored and sliced medium
Chicken or vegetable broth to cover
Salt and pepper
Pinch of peperoncino or cayenne
Fresh tarragon for each bowl or pinch of dried tarragon in the soup
In a soup pot, heat the butter and olive oil, add the sliced vegetables and broth to cover, and simmer for 25 minutes until all the vegetables are soft. Let cook slightly and with a hand mixer purée the whole shebang until very smooth. Add a squeeze of lemon, heat and serve.
Well, it’s not exactly the color of an October sunset but maybe a close second, maybe there were clouds….BUT, this soup is DELICIOUS! Thank you, Cathy Salter, and your newsletter and Martha Stewart. A new winter soup to warm our catcles!
Of course I guided mama the whole way on this one, but she’s not totally aware of that. Still…I suggested the touch of lemon…
that soup was paw-lickin’ good!
This looks so good! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Well, it was very very good but mama tweaks things a bit and she tweaked this with a bit of lemon squeez at the end. Also a small dollop of Greek yogurt is quie nice and looks pretty.
Now the Lady wants some soup!
Sending it by witch broom but I think it might not be hot when it arrives….
Yum, that recipe sounds delicious, Loulou! And such a sweet pic of you.
Merci Militza and it was WONDERFUL soup, especially with the pear.
What a gorgeous color – it’s “pumpkin-ized” ! Sounds delish though – never had a soup with pear in it.
Hugs, Pam
SO GOOD. Do try it. It’s a great low-cal soup that really fills up the tummy.
That soup does sound yummy! Awww your little paws, Loulou, so cute!
Mercim Ms Leah, and the soup was delish!!!
Thank you for the recipe. Can’t wait to try to make it. XO
Let mama know for sure how it turned out. We’re having again tonight.
Looks delicious ! We need recipes like this to give us ideas for ingredients (ike pears) that we would never think to include !
Well mama has to thank Martha Stewart but what the heck….she really did some fine dishes, just wasn’t mama’s favorite celeb, but a gutsy woman.
YUM! It sure is getting to be soup season! Hey, your blog says I am SPAM so I can’t comment. I’m gonna try sneaking through. You need to unSPAM me please.
Brian’s Home
WHY DOES IT DO THAT????? I’m so sorry because you have commented forever!!!!