Yay Yay My Winter Soup Reviewed

We went to visit a couple we know as they just had a baby boy.   The boy is named Benjamin and is (*!@# as cute as a button.

This kid is friggin GORGEOUS

I mean seriously.

Anyway I digress.   I brought along some winter soup that I made on Saturday so the new parents did not have to think about cooking.   I also got them a baguette and butter to join the soup.


Now I usually only cook for my immediate family so rarely get a chance to let people taste my food outside of my own kitchen.   This was really exciting for me as I am my biggest critic but it would be nice to have another critic!  Here is what our friends said about it:

"Soup is fantastic.  We need the recipe!"

They even took a picture of it:

 

 YUM YUM WINTER SOUP 

I feel like a proud poppa now as my soup creation was well recieved!  I love going to the market and just buying whatever your belly is seeking and ending up with a dish like this.   Cooking is such a creative process and has become a key driver of my sanity :)

Winter Soup Fun

After a wonderful breakfast sandwich that I whipped up this morning I recided that I wanted to make a nice winter soup.   I figured I could go to the market and just find a bunch of winter veg to make a soup with.    It was warm this week in park slope brooklyn.  The weather turned cold last night in brooklyn so I wanted to warm my belly up!

Basic plan....Pick up lots of winter veg like carrots, beets, sweet potatoes, and the like.   Start the soup with onion, garlic and a shallot with butter.    Add in the chopped up winter veg and then get everything all covered with butter.    Sautee the whole mix up a bit and then add in vegetable stock.     I finish it with a sprig of rosemary and a bay leave.   Let the whole thing simmer for 30 minutes or so and then puree it.  

Ok so here were my ingredients:

 

Here is a shot of the ingredients in the initial sautee

 

Here is the shot of the soup before I let it simmer:

 

It came out super delicious.   I ended up adding some heavy cream to the puree to make it a bit more silky.   I topped it off with a nice slice of goat cheese and some fresh chopped chives. 

YUM YUM SOUP