Courgette and Mint Soup

Name: Courgette and Mint Soup
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 handfuls of mint leaves, preferably applemint; 2 pints/1.1 litres chicken stock; 2 lb/900 g courgettes, with the ends cut off, chopped in chunks; 2 medium onions, skinned and chopped; 2 oz/56 g butter

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

This soup is equally good served hot or cold. Courgettes are so useful as a soup base – and the mint in this recipe enhances their flavour. This is delicious with the Fresh Herb Scones.

Ingredients

2 oz/56 g butter
2 medium onions, skinned and chopped

Starter
Gluten-free
Summer
Winter
Soup

Method

Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the chopped onions. Cook over a gentle heat for about 10 minutes, until the onions are soft and transparent. Add the chopped courgettes and cook for another 5 minutes. Then pour on the chicken stock and add a handful of mint leaves. Cover the saucepan, and simmer for 30 minutes. Cool. Then purée the contents of the pan in a blender together with the remaini