Favourite soup recipes please

[Workingman]

OK recipes.

Minestrone.
Oil
1 large chopped onion
2 chopped carrots
4 chopped sticks of celery
2 strips of back bacon cut crossways into thin strips
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp basil
750ml good chicken stock
1 large tin of chopped tomatoes
10 sticks of pasta broken into 3cm pieces
flour and butter roux to thicken
salt and pepper to season

Sauté the onion, celery and carrots till tender then add the bacon and cook till turning crisp. Add the herbs and garlic and cook for about 30 seconds before adding the stock and tomatoes. Simmer for five mins then add the pasta and simmer for ten more minutes. While the soup simmers make the roux then turn it off the heat. Slowly add Tbs of soup to the roux and keep whisking until a sloppy paste forms. Once done add the paste to the soup and whisk until the soup thickens. Season to taste and serve.

Potato and celery.
Oil
50g butter
1 onion
1 small head of celery
2 large potatoes
750ml chicken or veg stock
250ml milk
salt and pepper to season

Melt the butter in a little oil and sauté the chopped onion and sliced celery. Chop the potatoes into small cubes and add to the pan. Add the stock and simmer till the potatoes are mashable then add the milk for a few more minutes cooking. Blitz till smooth and season to taste.

Replace the celery with 2 leeks for potato and leek soup.

[debih]

I like the sound of the minestrone but celery. Food of the devil!!!!!

The Rocket and courgette soup recipe

1 onion, diced
1 knob butter or 1 tsp olive oil
1 medium potato, diced
4 courgettes, grated or chopped
100g rocket, roughly chopped
850ml vegetable stock

Cook the onion in the oil or butter for 5-10 mins until soft. Add the potato and cook for a further 5 mins. Add the courgette, rocket, stock and plenty of seasoning. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes or until the courgettes feel soft. Zuzz it up.

Its really nice - its a vile green colour though! And a fab way of using up a glut of courgettes (or marrows in our case).

It suggests serving it with toasted sliced baguette and goats cheese which our friend did when we went to her house and it went really well. But I didn't bother for us.

[Workingman]

I like the sound of the minestrone but celery. Food of the devil!!!!!

Ditch the celery and use leeks, as suggested, but only blitz half the mix so you get leeky and potato chunks.

I quite like the sound of the courgette soup, if not the colour!