BBZ Soup

cyclefan · #2 (**permalink**) 06-28-2009, 02:27 PM

This sounds fabulous Rags! I'll be sure to try this one when the weather cools off.

CS04 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-28-2009, 05:39 PM

I want the recipe for the sage scones! Especially since we are in the middle of summer here in the Midwest US, so no thick soups for awhile.

I love scones -- just made some a few weeks ago with orange zest, but I love the idea of a savory scone.

lushy · #4 (**permalink**) 06-28-2009, 05:43 PM

Man, this sounds like a great combo of flavors. We are growing leeks and broccoli in our garden so will make it when they come up. Thanks!

CS04 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-28-2009, 05:46 PM

I've never grown leeks, but I love them -- and they are expensive at the store. Are they easy to grow, Lushy?

lushy · #6 (**permalink**) 06-28-2009, 05:50 PM

I don't know, this is our first attempt at them. I am praying they will grow because they are expensive, and there is so much waste that I refuse to buy them at the store despite loving them.

I will let you know if they are successful. I think they won't be ready until the end of summer.

CS04 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-28-2009, 05:56 PM

Good luck! I only buy them once in a great while, too. I love potato-leek soup, and I also do a potato-leek gratin with a bit of black olives and Gruyere cheese.

You're in California, aren't you? I have such clay soil here, I don't think they would grow very well. I actually haven't even gardened at all in a few years, but have a small one this year -- it's nice to get back into it.

lushy · #8 (**permalink**) 06-28-2009, 06:01 PM

Ooh, your gratin sounds delicious, you should post the recipe.

I live in Seattle. We get a fair amount of rain and hubby just bought some really good quality soil/manure and so far things are growing well. I do not garden at all, that is Mr. Lushy's thing. I just reap the benefits of it and make dishes out of whatever grows.

SKendall · #9 (**permalink**) 06-28-2009, 06:01 PM

This does sound yummy. Good for you Lushy on growing the leeks, I love them. They shouldn't be that hard to grow in PNW although the home grown ones are usually smaller, but who cares. Good luck, and keep us posted.

CS04 · #10 (**permalink**) 06-28-2009, 06:08 PM

I'll post it a little bit later, Lushy and SKendall. Trying to get some work done while baby naps! (The gratin is from a book called Fields of Greens by Annie Somerville, if any of you are cookbook hounds like me.)

BBZ Soup
Rags Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Woop Woop Posts: 1,534 Recipes: 5	Description: Yummy thick soup for cold winter evenings
Other:	Ingredients:
Time: Prep 15 mins, Cook time 20 mins Difficulty: Easy Serving Size: Four good size servings.	1 Tbsp olive oil 1 leek coarsely chopped 1 head broccoli 2 zucchini, chopped 1 potato finely chopped and peeled 1 litre vegetable stock 75 grammes mild blue cheese, crumbled 1/3 cup cream
Preparation:
Go to supermarket or your veggie patch to get ingredients. Put on some fun music while preparing the recipe. Don't use the coarse leafy bit of the leek. Put in your compost heap.
Instructions:
Heat oil in large saucepan, medium heat. Add leek cook till soft, while stirring... about 5 mins. Add broccoli, zuke, spud and stock and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low, cook 15 minutes stirring occassionally. Remove from heat and set aside 10 mins to cool. Put the mixture (not the liquid) in a blender, add blue cheese, blend till smooth. Return to saucepan on low heat, add cream, season with salt and pepper. Great with chunky bread or sage scones.

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