Le potage aux courgettes

Name: Le potage aux courgettes (Courgette soup)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: salt, pepper and grated nutmeg; crème fraîche; 2 chicken stock cubes; 1 litre water; walnut oil (optional), to serve; butter and oil (sunflower); 1 kg courgettes, cut into small cubes; 3 medium-sized onions, chopped

Courgette soup

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Magrets & Mushrooms

By Jeanne Strang

Published 2024

About

As summer draws to an end, the potagers all over the countryside become overtaken by members of the squash family, their tentacle-like runners threatening to strangle the last few haricots verts trying to survive their onslaught. The delicate young courgettes make a delicious soup.

Ingredients

butter and oil (sunflower)
3 medium-sized onions, chopped
1 kg courgettes<

Europe
France
Gluten-free
Mediterranean
South-West France
Summer
Soup

Method

Heat enough butter and 1 tbsp oil in a large casserole (with a lid). Sweat the onions gently, covered, until they are translucent and soft. Add the courgettes and let them soften slightly, helped by a little salt, adding a bit more butter/oil if necessary.

Heat the water and dissolve the chi