This is certainly one of my more heavier recipes! I wouldn’t put this on your midweek healthy menu plan but then this recipe isn’t really designed for a quick dinner after work. It is the kind of dish that you need to enjoy on a cold sunday afternoon after a long walk or curled up on the sofa with a glass of wine hibernating from the wet and miserable winter evenings. There is something so comforting about slow cooked caramelised onions and then dipping in some cheese baguette slices to soak up all that silky, smooth juice!…
Soup
Butternut Squash and Carrot Soup
I made this soup last weekend in an attempt to warm up from the cold weather! Soup is one of my go to autumn/ winter favourites and I always make sure to cook up a big batch. A big bowl of soup on a cold, wet day is the ultimate comfort food, served with large chunks of fresh bread to soak it all up with. Making your own is incredibly easy and healthier than the ready made alternatives you find in the supermarket. I often make a load over the weekend…
Spicy Pumpkin Soup
Happy Halloween! Every year we carve a pumpkin and place it out on the balcony. My favourite way to use up the leftover pumpkins after halloween is to make a big batch of pumpkin soup. It is a classic recipe for those autumn (or winter) days. We may be mourning the lovely sunny days and complaining about the cold, grey and wet weather but for us foodies the change in season can be quite exciting! Autumn brings with it some of the best produce of the year from crunchy apples, juicy pears and best of all pumpkins and squash….
White Asparagus Soup
Ah, Spargelzeit – my favourite time of the year! I have always been fond of Germany’s passion for all things seasonal and the fact that you can only find some produce when in season. Every year I am happy to see asparagus in the supermarkets and at local markets not just because it offically puts an end to the long, cold winter but it is the start of spring and the weather is warming up.
It is the white asparagus that they go crazy for over here in Germany….
Broccoli and Stilton Soup
This is such an easy and delicious recipe that I have made this a starter to a dinner party and also as a main meal for a real comfort treat. The thick and creamy soup has such a warming effect and it is a real classic!
I make this with stilton that is quite hard to find in Berlin. Luckily I have a small cheese shop near to my apartment that sells blocks of stilton. Alternatively you can make this with any other kind of blue cheese such as gorgonzola…