Coco Bananas Creamless Cream Of Butter Bean And Herb Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Boil the soaked lima beans, in enough water to cover, with the bay leaf, until they are tender.
• Once cooked, discard the bay leaf and add chopped fresh herbs and sea salt to taste.
• Transfer to a blender (or just use a hand blender), and blend until it is a smooth consistency.
• Serve, with warm crusty bread and a garden salad.

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic and sauté until onions are golden, about 15 minutes. Add rosemary and stir 1 minute. Add all broth and beans. Bring soup to boil; reduce to medium-low and simmer until flavors blend, about 10 minutes.
• Working in batches, transfer soup to blender and puree until smooth; return to pot. Mix in spinach and sage; stir until spinach wilts, about 1 minute. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle each with Parmesan cheese and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, if desired.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a pan and add the chopped onions, finely chopped celery sticks and finely chopped large garlic cloves.
• Fry for 5 mins until softened. Stir in the chopped rosemary. Add the rinsed, drained butterbeans, and hot vegetable stock. Simmer for 10 mins. Add 2 handfuls young spinach and the double cream and warm through, then blitz until smooth. Season to taste.

Steps:

• If using a leftover chicken carcass, place in a large saucepan and cover with 2 litres of water. Bring to the boil, then cover with a lid and gently simmer for 20 mins. Meanwhile, heat the oil in another large saucepan. If using chicken thighs, add these and brown on all sides, then remove and set aside.
• Add the onions to the oil and cook for 10 mins until starting to caramelise. Add the carrots, herbs, spices and flour, and stir for 1-2 mins to toast the spices. If using a chicken carcass, strain the cooking liquid into the pan with the vegetables, otherwise add the browned chicken thighs and stock. Stir well, cover and simmer for 30 mins.
• If using chicken thighs, remove them from the pan, shred the meat and discard the bones. Add the meat (or the meat from the carcass) back into the soup, along with the butter beans, season and heat through for 1-2 mins.
• Use a hand-held blender to blitz the soup until smooth, or leave it chunky. Or blend about half, so it's creamy but still has chunks of chicken, carrot and butter bean. Serve with extra pepper, and good crusty bread.

Steps:

• Heat the oil and add the onion and potatoes, stirring all the time, cook them until they start to soften.
• Add the stock & milk, season well with salt and black pepper and bring to the boil.
• Simmer for 10-15 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
• 2 minutes before the end of cooking, add the sorrel & the creme fraiche or cream.
• Liquidise the soup.
• Serve it chilled OR hot, with croutons and finely chopped sorrel leaves.
• To serve it chilled:.
• Allow it to cool and store in a cool place such as the fridge. Just before serving, add an ice cube to each bowl and pour the soup into the bowl. Garnish as before.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add the egg and the vanilla and beat until well combined. Stir in the mashed banana, set aside.
• Stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a separate large bowl, and make a well in the center. Pour the banana mixture into the well and stir just until combined.
• Remove half of the batter from the bowl. Mix the cocoa powder into the batter remaining in the bowl and stir well. Spread the cocoa batter in the bottom of the prepared pan. Spoon the remaining batter on top and use a knife to swirl the batter into a marbled design.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, about 25 minutes. Allow to cool before cutting into 24 pieces.

Steps:

• In medium saucepan, heat the oil over medium.
• Add the onion and saute until softened, about 4 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and water, then bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer the soup to a food processor or blender and puree until smooth, in batches, if necessary (use caution when blending hot liquids).
• Set a strainer over the saucepan.
• Pour the puree through the strainer, pressing on the solids with a wooden spoon or spatula to extract as much of the pulp as possible; discard the seeds and skin.
• Whisk the sour cream and tarragon into the soup.
• Stir over low heat until the soup is hot, but not boiling.
• Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Bring the coconut milk to a boil in a pot. Add the bananas to the coconut milk and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Dissolve the sugar and salt into the mixture. Stir the coconut cream through the mixture. Remove from heat; serve hot.

Steps:

• Wash watercress well, keeping tips separate.
• Simmer water/broth, salt and pork in a pot for 30 minutes.
• Add watercress stems and boil for 1 minute.
• Add tips, boil for another minute.
• Serve hot, garnishing wih green onion.

Steps:

• Begin boiling legume and cook until soft and mushy and absorbed all the water.
• Keep adding more water if necessary.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a fry pan, and combine spices of choice, onion, garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant.
• Add the onion mixture to the legumes and cook on low for 20 minutes or so.
• Stir in the lemon juice and serve over rice.