Rosemary Zucchini Soup
"This recipe comes for the Canadian Living magazine. This soup will have you hoping for a bumper zucchini crop in the vegetable garden (can't wait LOL). Its creamy texture comes from the rice, not the cream. To make it smoother, strain the soup through a fine sieve after puréeing."
photo by *Parsley*
- Ready In:
- 44mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 3 zucchini, chopped
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, minced
- 2 1⁄2 cups sodium-free chicken stock
- 3 tablespoons long-grain rice
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons rice vinegar or 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
directions
- In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Fry celery, onion, garlic, fennel seeds, salt and pepper, stirring, occasionnally, for 5 minutes or until softened.
- Stir in zucchini and rosemary; cook for 6 minutes.
- Add stock, 2 cups water and rice. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring often, for about 20 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in rice vinegar; let cool slightly.
- In batches in blender or food processor, purée soup until smooth. (Make-ahead : Let cool for 30 minutes; refrigerate in airtight container for up to 2 days.) Reheat in clean saucepan.
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Uff. I feel bad writing this review, because I wonder if something was up with my fennel seed. Anyway, this soup tasted overwhelmingly of fennel seed-- and I LOVE strong flavors. It wasn't inedible, but it was pretty darned close. I added a bunch of sage and some other things and got it, in the end, tasting something like Italian sausage soup --a bit odd!-- but it was the only way I could stomach it. I don't see anybody here commenting on the fennel flavor (and I used just under 2 tsp, in the end), so maybe it was my fennel seed? Still, had to comment. Watch out for the fennel seed. -
A very quick to prepare mid-week recipe and really healthy (lots of vegetables!) and flavoursome. What more can one ask for? Apart from adding two leeks, I made this exactly to the recipe. I used lemon juice rather than the other option of rice vinegar. I blended about three quarters of the soup so there were still some chunky bits in it. I removed a quarter of the soup, used the immersion blender, then added the quarter portion back into the pot. A great blend of flavours, Boomette, and a recipe I'll certainly make again. Thank you for sharing it. -
Delicious! I added some chili flakes to it. -
I made as stated, and it was a great way to use up some of that zucchini! We'd have rated 5 stars but it seemed something missing that I just couldn't put my finger on....a bit more depth of flavor maybe? I want to try it again and grill the zucchini maybe.... very nice as is, though! -
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Lovely light tasting soup.I didn't have fennel but added fesh basil and fresh italian parsley. I also left kind of chunky;we had this with a fresh baguette;so good. Thanks for posting.I made this for 123 Wonders Tag game. Rita
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