An evening of soups

[Donna Ferentes]

We were considering a pretentious dinner for our friends in which all the courses would be soup. We could start with a clear soup or gazpacho and then have a thicker, meaty (or vegetable) soup as a main course. But what about dessert? Any ideas?

 

[crustychick]

individual chocolate fondue's. not eaten with a spoon but almost soup-like

and delicious!

 

[cyberfairy]

Fruit soup is popular in Denmark

 

[subversplat]

Custard.

 

[tarannau]

Custard and a swirl of cheap jam, for that full cheaparse British school dinner effect.

Or perhaps there's a variation of rice pudding that you could have. There's something lovely and soothing about gluttionous rice soups like Congee. I believe there are even sweet dessert variations that you should be able to google up.

 

[subversplat]

Serve bloody marys as the drinks, too

 

[LJo]

I'm sure there's a chocolate soup recipe in my Green and Black's book. I'll see if I can dig it out.

 

[Structaural]

An evening of soups


I thought you'd come up with a collective noun there...

 

[Structaural]

Fruit soup is popular in Denmark

Cup-a-soup sell fruit instant soup there - gotta be better than those insipid fruit teas.

 

[Bonfirelight]

spotted dick

 

[cesare]

Hmmm 'pretentious dinner' ...


How about a dessert cocktail like this whisky and icecream one? You could serve it with berries, chocolates and langues de chat or similar

Here's another:

Espresso-Tini Dessert

Yield: 1 Serving

Ingredients:

* 3 ounces Absolut Vanilla
* One shot espresso
* 1 ounce Kahlúa
* 2 ounces Godiva White Chocolate Liquor
* 3 coffee beans to garnish

Method:
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail mixer with ice and shake vigorously. Strain liquid into a chilled 7-ounce martini glass. Garnish with three coffee beans.

 

[AnnaKarpik]

Rote Gruetze (sp?) I'm sure there was a thread on here about that, how to make and so on.

Edit: Very like a Danish fruit soup I should think, just a cooler name.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Orange curry (it's liquid and served hot)
Serves 4 to 6 people

I tablespoon of butter or ghee
4 whole cloves
1 inch stick of cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
pinch of cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
the seeds from 2 cardomom pods
1½ pints of freshly squeezed orange juice
Heat the butter or ghee and add everything except the orange juice. Heat for a few minutes stirring continuously, then add the orange juice and cook on a low heat for 15 to 20 minutes. Do not allow to boil. Serve hot.

From Anna Thomas's 'The Vegetarian Epicure'

 

[Mrs Magpie]

If you don't like the sound of orange curry, just stew some fruit, liquidise it and serve hot with cream.

 

[moose]

Many Eastern Euro countries have variations on cherry soup, usually as a sour, savoury course, but I'm sure you could make it sweeter. Or put a swirl of dark chocolate in it.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Can't do chocolate I'm afraid (I eat it but she doesn't).

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I really recommend the orange curry, it's delicious.

oh, and I've done it without the mustard seeds because I'd run out and it was still delicious.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

All interesting suggestions and I'll pass them on with thanks, but do they constitute soup?

 

[RubyToogood]

I had some Polish hot fruit soup made from a packet mix the other day. It was surprisingly nice, if quite glutinous.