Soup.

[melv16]

Do courgettes go with paprika?

[Peaspeculiars]

Yes, definitely - especially if you are doing a tomato based soup :-)

[melv16]

Thankyou for your reply and the tomato suggestion.

[alavahalf]

I made a bucketfull this morning .. 6lb of tomato's included with courgettes, paprika and dont forget the Basil !

[-Talbot-]

courgettes go with owt!

[Tilly2]

'Cos they taste of nowt!

[alavahalf]

But they do bulk the soup up .. nothing worse than watery soup !

[-Talbot-]

They take on the flavour of what you cook with them, makes em ideal for soup.

[melv16]

Ditto for pumpkin. I've got four Ont allotment to get through.

[Jackdaw33]

...unlike celery, which overpowers all the other ingredients. Whilst I like celery I cannot abide it in soup.

[237SJ]

I`m the opposite - I don`t like celery but I can tolerate it in soup because it loses a lot of the flavour (IMO) I`m not sure I`d put paprika with courgettes though.

[Jackdaw33]

The trouble with celery is that you can no longer get the white stuff anymore, with the yellow leaves. It's all this green, bitter stuff.

[237SJ]

Agreed. I do quite like it as a crudite with Stilton though. Anyway, my courgette soup - saute 2 shallots in butter and sweat the sliced courgette. Make stock with a mix of chicken (Oxo) and veg (Knorr) cubes. Mix with the courgette, simmer, add a sliced potato and season with salt and white pepper. Blend and have with crusty bread.

[Retrochic]

Zuccini (courgette) and garlic soup is lovely -saute a couple of spring onions with a few chopped cloves of garlic -add courgettes and homemade chicken stock simmer for about 5 mins puree and add cream and fresh chopped parsley.

[237SJ]

Roasted garlic would be even better, I would think.

[DaisyNonna]

Really dislike tomato soup unless it is unthickened and spicy always too sweet
Have lost my favourite (South African) recipe
Any suggestions?

[DTCwordfan]

yes, go for your onions, Daisy, bet the soup is delicious....mine is.

[tonyav]

How about this, Daisy. Scroll down to the bottom of the link.
https://donnathompson49.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/spice-it-up-with-south-african-spicy-tomato-soup/

[pastafreak]

I've recently started making a very easy courgette and tomato soup at work.
Amounts are approximate...
Olive oil
2 courgettes...chopped
1 onion...chopped
2 cloves garlic
Ground cumin,sweet paprika,ground coriander...1/2 TSP each,pinch...or more...of dried chillie flakes,knorr veg or chicken stock cube
2 tins chopped tomatoes...or fresh if wanted

Gently heat the olive oil,add the courgettes,onion and garlic. Sauté until the veg start to soften. Add the spices and cook a bit more. Add the tomatoes and stock cube. Simmer for 30 minutes. Adjust seasoning. Add some water if too thick. Blitz with a hand blender.

[DTCwordfan]

^ Use Tamar water and the soup is nuclear.....a good usage of Devon cream though.....

[DaisyNonna]

Will give recipes a try, thanks.
Not sure what green masala is.