Bon Appetits Autumn Soup Recipes

Steps:

• For soup:
• Melt butter in large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until tender, about 10 minutes. Add broth, all squash and herbs; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until squash is very tender, about 20 minutes.
• Working in batches, puree soup in blender. Return soup to same pot. Stir in cream and sugar; bring to simmer. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill. Rewarm over medium heat before serving.)
• For croutons:
• Preheat broiler. Butter 1 side of each bread slice. Arrange bread, buttered side up, on baking sheet. Broil until golden, about 1 minute. Turn over. Sprinkle cheese, then thyme and sage over. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil until cheese melts, about 1 minute. Ladle soup into bowls. Top each with croutons and serve.

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add squash, leeks, carrot and celery; sauté until slightly softened, about 15 minutes. Mix in apples, thyme and sage. Add stock and 1 cup cider and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until apples are tender, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Working in batches, purée soup in blender. Return soup to pan. Boil remaining 1/2 cup cider in heavy small saucepan until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 5 minutes. Cool. Place sour cream in small bowl. Whisk in reduced cider. (Soup and cider cream can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately and refrigerate.)
• Bring soup to simmer. Mix in whipping cream. Ladle soup into bowls. Drizzle with cider cream. Top with chives.

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, leek and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until onion is soft and translucent, about 8 minutes.
• Add celery, turnip, carrot, parsnip and bell peppers and toss to coat with oil. Stir in broth, beans basil, rosemary, bay leaf and lemon juice and bring to simmer.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes. Discard rosemary sprig and bay leaf. (Soup can be prepared up to 2 days ahead to this point. Let cool, cover tightly and refrigerate.).
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage and saute until cooked through. Drain on paper towels. Cut sausage into 1/2-inch thick slices.
• About 10 minutes before serving, bring soup to simmer. Add sausage and cabbage and simmer until cabbage is tender. Add spinach and simmer until wilted, about 3 minutes.
• Season soup with salt and pepper. Stir in parsley. Ladle into heated bowls. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• Combine garlic and spices.
• Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and saute until lightly browned on all sides.
• Add giblets and saute until cooked through.
• Transfer chicken and giblets to stockpot. Drain all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet. Add celery, onion, carrot, leek and spice mixture and blend well.
• Add a small ladle of stock and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until vegetables are tender.
• Add to chicken.
• Stir in remaining stock and season with salt and pepper.
• Cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• Remove chicken with slotted spoon and set aside. Add rice to soup and continue cooking 15 minutes.
• When chicken is cool enough to handle, cut meat into bite-size pieces, discarding skin and bones.
• Return chicken to soup and blend in apples and yogurt. Simmer 10 minutes.
• Degrease soup if necessary.
• Stir in lemon juice, then blend in cream.
• Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Pour into heated tureen and sprinkle with parsley and almonds.