Soups

White bean soup is a good example of a dish that tastes far more impressive than the effort involved suggests. Tinned cannellini beans cooked with …

Lentil soup has a tendency to taste flat and a bit one-dimensional if it’s rushed, mostly because the vegetable base doesn’t get the time it …

Asparagus has a narrow window where it cooks to tender without losing its bright green colour, and this soup is built entirely around respecting that …

Miso soup seems almost too simple to need a recipe, but the difference between a good bowl and a flat, cloudy one comes down entirely …

Celeriac has a subtle, nutty flavour that’s easy to lose if it’s simply boiled in water. Roasting it first concentrates that flavour considerably, giving the …

Watercress loses its vibrant green colour quickly once it’s overcooked, which is why so many watercress soups end up a dull, khaki colour rather than …

The name of this soup tells you exactly what needs to be right about it: enough heat, and enough sourness, in proper balance with each …

Meatball soup sits somewhere between a proper meal and a comfort bowl, and it works because of one simple trick: the meatballs are made small …

Gazpacho is one of the few soups that improves the less you do to it. There’s no cooking involved at all, and the whole thing …

This Gordon Ramsay carrot soup recipe roasts the carrots before they go into the pot, rather than boiling them from raw, which concentrates their natural …