Soups

Spanish soups range from the fast food of a busy people to the national dish, based on the humblest ingredients. With traditional origins, they are always a thoughtful and intentional re-creation of a familiar recipe, the weft of the fabric of Spanish life. Soups are made to celebrate religious festivals, the unity of a family dining together or the sheer pleasure of summer life. Dishes that garner so much national fervour (most Spaniards will never make a soup to a recipe from outside their own borders) must have something powerful at the core. Central to every soup are basic flavours that are layered upon each other to create a dish that entertains the palate and restores the body and soul.