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Courgette Soup

What?

Courgette soup? Are you sure?

Yes! Sceptical at first, but now converted.

Amazingly simple and a great way of using and preserving a glut of courgettes.

It even works with overgrown courgettes. So thank you to my friend Jenny for her inspiration on this one!

Try it - you'll be converted.

So whether you've got courgettes in your veg box for the 5th week in a row, or a glut from your allotment's 15 courgette plants, this soup makes a tasty change.

	Ingredients
	Serves 4 1 kg courgettes - any size and colour 250g potatoes (suitable for mashing), peeled or scrubbed 2 cloves garlic, peeled & crushed 1 medium onion, peeled & chopped 30ml olive oil 150g soft cheese (see note below for alternatives) Handful fresh chives, chopped Handful fresh summer herbs of your choice, chopped 1 1/2 pints water (or mild-flavoured stock)

Method

Wash the courgettes and chop them into chunks. Cut the potatoes into cubes (smaller than 1 inch).
Heat the oil gently in a large pan. Add the onion and garlic.
Gently cook for about 5 minutes, to soften.
Add the potatoes. Stirr. Cook gently, covered, for about 15 minutes, until about half-cooked.
Add the courgettes and stir. Cook for about 5 minutes until softened, stirring occasionally.
Add 1 1/2 pints of water - just enough to cover the contents of the pan. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 10 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft.
Remove from the heat and liquidise the soup.
Add the Cheese & herbs.
Season to taste with salt & pepper.
Serve with fresh bread.

Time From Cupboard-To-Table

About 40 minutes. (Most of this is waiting, so actual preparation time is about 15 minutes).

Notes & Variations

Experiment with herb combinations.

We particularly liked: parsley, thyme & chives.

If you want to freeze this soup, do so before adding the cheese. It'll keep longer that way.

Leaving the skin on the courgettes is a good way to give this soup more colour.

Also, when we tested it, we used a range of large and small courgettes, as you can see.

Larger courgettes contain more water than smaller ones, so the soup can end up thinner. But it's a great way to use them up.

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Ratings & Reviews

Rating	Comments
9/10	Yum, I have just made it...i was very sceptical at first but it taste gorgeous, slightly worried about the calorie content with all that cheese though. A great soup to warm you up on a chilly evening!
9/10	I agree, This soup was lovely, tried making it with low fat greek yoghurt instead and it still tasted just as good but with much fewer calories!
10/10	This is so delicious. The fresh herbs and the garlic give it a fantastic flavour and I would never have thought of courgette soup?!?
10/10	I have been making courgette soup for the last 5 years, I tend to use Brie, just float a small piece on top. It is also good using blue cheese, just go easy on the salt when seasoning.
9/10	The soup was very good. I agree the garlic and herbs give a good flavour. However, I did not add the cheese, as I try to cut down on fats. It was still very tasty. I have made several batches and put them in the freezer.
10/10	Delicious! I made it without the cheese and herbs - unintentionally - and it was still superb.
10/10	Absolutely delicious and very easy to make. My 10 year old daughter loves it! It is a great way to use a lot of courgettes, I have been giving loads of them away. Not any more though. My freezer will soon be stocked up with it.
10/10	I think it is very special with stilton sprinkled on it when reheated to melt in whilst eating
10/10	just cooked this recipe using a huge over grown courgette. It tastes gorgeous, really creamy! i also left out the cheese but sprinkled a bit of grated cheese on top when serving. It is lovely without the cheese tho so can be very low in fat and calories.
7/10	excellent soup, didnt really taste the courgettes, but a good way of getting rid of a large crop, will make again with additions.did not add cheese, but picked plenty of herbs from the farm garden, the whole soup was made with our own produce, beetroot soup next i have heard it is good with orange. thank you for the recipe.
10/10	Absolutely souper used garlic and herb roule to stir in - yum
8/10	Took it to work for lunch and had to share it. Did not put the cheese in but finished with a sprinkling of italian herbs and parmesan. Served with herb bread - delicious.
10/10
10/10	Thank you, thank you, thank you. A good use for all those courgettes that seem to be coming out of the woodwork. Very easy to make as well. As a first time soup maker, the instructions couldnt have been simpler. Going to try variations on a theme next. Once again thanks for a great recipe.
8/10	Lovely soup -try with Blue Stilton or Shropshire Blue - you don't need a lot & it gives a fab flavour.
10/10	i have make and tryed this soup and its a great meal on its own i tryed putting crispy bacon in it and it was lovely
9/10	Great for using all the extra courgettes from the garden. I added a spoonfull of pesto for that extra something and grated parmesan, tasted really good.
10/10	10/10 family of five youmg kids loved this with requests for more very soon.my husbaand and i added a little stilton at the end as someone suggested.fabulous
9/10	Perfect with a little added bacon :)
10/10	Excellent ! I made this today and was hoping to keep a bit for tomorrow but..it's all gone !! yummy !
10/10	Wow - cannot believe how simple and delicious this is. Made it with the low fat greek style yoghurt as suggested - no cheese - this keeps it really healthy but sooo creamy and tasty. My only gripe is the 15 minute cook off of the potatoes at the beginning with no liquid. As soon as they started to catch I added the courgettes and very soon after the stock and then cooked out. Even with blitzing in the blender there was slight texturrre to the courgettes but this did not in any way detract - but even added to how good this soup is.
10/10	I am the only one in my family that loves courgettes so I made this soup without any of them knowing the ingredients and guess what? They loved it. I've made several batches and put them in the freezer for winter. Thank you!
9/10	I made it without the cheese and herbs and added a can of coconut milk. Brian
9/10	Had this in a restaurant the other week yummy. Although add wild rocket (blended) and Marscapone Cheese...simply awesome....and I dont like Courgettes!!!!

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