Vegetable Soup With Sweet Basil
"Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck, "Wolfgang Puck's Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen". Found on Food Network, posting for ZWT."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 2 small leeks, white part only
- 1 large potato, peeled
- 1 small onion
- 2 stalk celery
- 1 medium zucchini
- 12 green beans
- 2 medium carrots, peeled
- 88.74 ml olive oil
- 44.37 ml water
- 1892.5 ml chicken stock (or 1/2 gallon water, 4 bouillon cubes, a pinch of thyme, and 1/2 bay leaf)
- 6 ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded
- 4 medium garlic cloves
- 30 fresh basil leaves, washed and dried
- salt
- 2.46 ml fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Cut the leeks, potato, onion, celery, zucchini, green beans, and carrots into 1/4-inch dice.
- In a 6-quart stockpot, combine 3 tablespoons of the olive oil with the water. Add the vegetables and saute over medium-low heat until all the water evaporates. Do not brown the vegetables.
- Add the stock and bring to a boil. Cook at a gentle boil for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a food processor fitted with the metal blade, put the tomatoes, basil, garlic, and remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil. Pulse until pureed.
- Stir the puree into the cooked soup. Do not let the soup return to a boil. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Serve the soup hot or cold from a tureen or in individual bowls.
- Cook's Note: My mother uses only water, because her vegetables are peak-of-season, just-picked, and therefore full of flavor; but you can use stock if you like. Pistou, the puree of tomatoes, basil, garlic, and olive oil in this recipe, is a traditional French condiment that adds a burst of flavor just before serving.
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Delicious soup! Simple but it had loads of flavor. I followed the directions as written, except for the celery because the celery thief "took it all to work for snack" ! But it did not detract from the flavor. I will make this soup again - it was quickly prepared and it's great the next day. Thanks for posting - made for your 2012 Football Pool Week #4 win !
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